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BoxOffice Media 

It is once again my pleasure and privilege to welcome you to our 

February issue, which includes our anticipated 2016 Giants of 

Exhibition. 

Over the years this ranking has become an important component 

of our publication’s identity, often regarded not only as a guide 

but a point of reference for those who use it and expect its arrival 

every year. It is also a fantastic opportunity for our magazine to 

recognize the many circuits who open their doors to eager audiences 

across the country. 

This issue also provides a chance to salute the drive-in theaters as they gather for their 

annual convention in Kissimmee, Florida. “Giants” in this case not only refers to 

screen or location count, but to the iconic role that drive-ins play in American exhibition. 

Working together, the drive-ins have proved that their future is significantly 

brighter than the nostalgia associated with them. 

Finally, it has been brought to my attention that, besides our Giants of Exhibition issue, 

there is another much-anticipated cinema event on the horizon. I won’t make any 

bullish predictions about potential winners, but I do expect a positive outcome for our 

business: a surge in the general public’s attention to our work—which is always good 

for the industry. 

Julien Marcel 

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OUR ANNUAL LISTING OF THE TOP 50 CIRCUITS 

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John Hillcoat’s latest film, Triple 9, is a gritty crime 

drama that has more in common with the New 

Hollywood of the 1970s than today’s glossy productions 

Interview by Daniel Loria 

Hello by Julien Marcel 3 

Exhibition Briefs Edited by Laura Silver 6 

Communiqué Respecting the audience: New movie-rating survey 

reveals what parents really think about sex, violence, and language 

in movies by Patrick Corcoran 

Number Crunch I’m Back! Or How I Learned to Love the Data Side 

of the Movie Business by Phil Contrino 

Concessions Stand Movie Tavern’s Vice President of Marketing 

Danny DiGiacomo dishes on Southern Theatres’ foray into the 

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EXHIBITION BRIEFS 

WANDA ACQUIRES LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT 

n Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd. has acquired Legendary Entertainment 

for nearly $3.5 billion (around RMB 23 billion) in cash, marking 

China’s largest cross-border cultural acquisition to date. Thomas 

Tull (pictured) will remain as chairman and CEO of Legendary and 

will continue to be responsible for its day-to-day operations. 

Legendary is a film-production company that owns film, television, 

digital, and comics divisions, and has delivered many of the 

world’s blockbusters, including the Batman trilogy, Inception, The 

Hangover, Jurassic World, 300: Rise of an Empire, Pacific Rim, and 

Man of Steel. Legendary’s film productions have grossed more than 

$12 billion worldwide at the box office. Upcoming releases include 

Warcraft (shown), based on Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning 

universe, and The Great Wall, which is set to be the largest film for 

global distribution shot entirely in China. 

Tull said in a statement, “I am honored to be a part of the Wanda 

family. Together, Wanda and Legendary will create a completely 

new international entertainment company. There is an ever-growing 

demand for quality entertainment content worldwide, particularly in 

China, and we will combine our respective strengths to bring an even 

better entertainment experience to the world’s audiences.” 

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READING INTERNATIONAL HAS NEW CEO 

n Reading International Inc. has appointed Ellen 

Cotter as president and chief executive officer. Cotter 

has served as interim chief executive officer since June 

2015 and has worked at Reading in various capacities 

since 1998; for the past 15 years she has served as the 

senior operating officer of the company’s U.S. cinema 

operations. 

William Gould, lead independent director of 

Reading International’s board of directors, said, “After 

conducting a thorough search process, it is clear that 

Ellen is best suited to lead Reading moving forward. 

We have worked closely with Ellen in her role as chairman 

and interim CEO and have been impressed by 

her leadership, passion, and commitment to Reading. 

Ellen’s experience with Reading and sizable equity 

interest in the company is a great combination as we 

enter the next chapter of our history.” 

Cotter said, “I am excited and honored to be 

appointed president and CEO of Reading. We made 

great strides in executing on our strategic plan this 

past year, and I remain incredibly optimistic about our 

prospects for continued growth and success.” 

PROCELLA LOUDSPEAKERS COME TO 

ESTONIA 

n Procella Audio has installed Procella Cinema 

loudspeakers at the Scape theater in Tallinn, Estonia, 

a 465-seat room with a 20.4 x 8.6-meter wall-to-wall 

screen. The cinema features a full complement of 68 

Procella Audio Cinema loudspeakers in a 31.5.20 

channel Dolby Atmos configuration. The fully immersive 

cinema has a Barco 4K laser projection system, 

luxury seating, and additional premium extras. 

Procella Cinema loudspeakers are used exclusively 

for the AS2 presentation technology used in the 

Tallinn theater. Developed by Ari “Jaska” Saarinen and 

Ari Salenius of the Nordic Cinema Group (NCG), the 

465-seat Scape theater 

auditorium in Tallinn, Estonia 



AS2 system features multiple unique design elements, 

most notably that the main screen loudspeakers are 

located above a curved, solid screen rather than behind 

a perforated screen. This technology improves both 

sound and picture quality, providing more image 

brightness, ensuring no moiré patterns in the projected 

image, and eliminating the degradation that takes 

place when sound passes through a perforated screen. 

Over the last decade, the AS2 system and Procella 

loudspeakers have been exclusively installed in each 

of the premium theaters operated by NCG under the 

Finnkino (Finland) and Forum (Baltic) theater brands. 

In 2016, this will be expanded to include theaters in 

Sweden and Norway. 

NCM NOW REPRESENTS CANNES LIONS 

FESTIVALS IN US 

n National CineMedia (NCM) has been appointed 

as the official representatives of Lions Festivals in the 

United States. The Cannes Lions International Festival 

of Creativity is a celebration of creativity in communications 

and a global meeting place for advertisers and 

advertising and communication professionals. Representatives 

act on behalf of the festival in their respective 

countries, supporting creative agencies and clients to 

participate and succeed at the festival. Founded in 1954, 

the festival takes place every June in Cannes, France. 

Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals, said, “We 

have a network of representatives in 90 countries, and 

as a global festival the role that these representatives 

play within their own markets is essential to the whole 

creative community. We’re delighted to be able to 

welcome NCM to that team.” 

NCM will take responsibility for the Young Lions 

Competitions, holding regional competitions to find 

the winning teams that will compete at Cannes Lions, 

and will manage the jury nominations from the U.S. 

NCM takes over from USA Today, which has represented 

Lions Festivals for more than 10 years. Susan 

Lilley, who had served as Cannes festival manager for 

USA Today, will be joining NCM as director, Cannes 

Partnership, in its New York office. 

4DX TO DEBUT IN PORTUGAL AND EXPAND 

TO EAST CHINA 

n CJ 4DPLEX has signed contracts to bring 4DX to 

three more multiplex operators: NOS Lusomundo 

Cinemas in Portugal, and Shanghai Film Corporation 

(SFC) and Bona Cinemas in China. At the end of 

2015, 4DX reached 228 auditoriums in 37 countries 

and aims to open 200 additional auditoriums in 2016 

alone. 

4DX’s partnership with NOS will bring the first 

4DX auditorium to southern Europe, with audito- 



ANDREW ESSEX 

riums in Porto and Lisbon. Both 4DX theaters are 

scheduled to open in the first half of this year. NOS 

operates 215 screens at 30 locations in the country and 

is backed by NOS Group, a Portuguese communications 

and entertainment holding company whose businesses 

include satellite and cable operations, mobile 

and fixed phone services, broadband, and distribution 

of contents. 

SFC is China’s ninth-largest cinema company, 

operating 252 screens at 39 locations in the East 

China region, and Bona Cinemas is the eleventh, 

operating 247 screens at 30 locations in China’s big 

cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen, where 

the company’s first 4DX will launch. With these 

agreements, 4DX has formed partnerships with 7 out 

of China’s top 11 cinema companies. 

ANDREW ESSEX NAMED CEO OF TRIBECA 

ENTERPRISES 

n Andrew Essex has been named CEO of Tribeca 

Enterprises. In his new role, the founding CEO of creative 

agency Droga5 will oversee Tribeca’s businesses, 

reporting to co-founder Jane Rosenthal, who will serve 

as executive chair. 

Tribeca Enterprises is a diversified global media 

company based in New York. Established in 2003 by 

Robert De Niro, Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, the 

company currently operates a network of branded 

entertainment businesses including the Tribeca Film 

Festival, Tribeca Film Festival International, Tribeca 

Digital Studios, and Tribeca Cinemas. Tribeca recently 

partnered with Lionsgate to launch the Tribeca Shortlist 

premium subscription video on demand (SVOD) 

service, and the two companies will continue to 

acquire titles for that platform. 

Prior to his role overseeing Droga5, which the 

Guardian called “the most exciting agency on the 

planet,” Essex was an award-winning journalist He sits 

on several boards and is a frequent public speaker on 

media, marketing, and monetization strategies. Essex 

is also an adviser to the White House Office of Digital 

Strategy and the Global Board of Wharton’s Future of 

Advertising Program. 

DEALFLICKS SELLS ITS MILLIONTH TICKET 

AND CONCESSIONS 

n Startup Dealflicks has now sold over one million 

tickets and concessions since its launch in summer 

2012. Dealflicks offers movie ticket and concessions 

combo deals for up to 60 percent off, with no convenience 

fees, in hopes of eliminating the approximately 

88 percent of empty movie theater seats. 

“Reaching one million deals sold really has been 

a hard-won battle,” said Ryan Fitzgerald, director of 

business development for DealFlicks. “We’ve been 

able to achieve this growth by consistently iterating 


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ANDREW J. ENGLAND 

on existing ideas and challenging ourselves to always 

stay fresh and relevant in the eyes of all our amazing 

theater partners. With this hurdle overcome, our eyes 

are collectively on the future.” 

Selling unsold inventory at a discount has proven 

to be a successful model for Dealflicks. They now 

work with over 600 theater locations representing over 

3,000 screens. Dealflicks deals are available for movies 

only—both blockbusters and independent films are 

available at all participating theaters 

for almost all show times—allowing 

theaters to fill their empty seats and 

customers to save money. 

Dealflicks offices are located in 

Los Angeles and San Francisco. The 

Dealflicks iPhone and Android apps 

are available on the Apple App Store 

and the Google Play Store. 

NATIONAL CINEMEDIA NAMES 

ANDREW ENGLAND CEO; 

SCOTT SCHNEIDER NAMED 

CHAIRMAN 

n National CineMedia Inc. has 

appointed Andrew J. England, former 

executive vice president and chief 

marketing officer of MillerCoors, 

LLC, as chief executive officer and director. 

Scott N. Schneider, the company’s lead director, 

has been appointed chairman of the board; current 

chairman, CEO, and president Kurt C. Hall will retire 

and serve as an adviser to the board and CEO in a 

24-month consulting role. 

England has more than 25 years of experience in 

consumer-facing businesses. During his nearly 10-year 

tenure at MillerCoors, a $7.5 billion net revenue 

U.S. joint venture of Molson Coors Brewing Company 

and SAB Miller PLC, England built new brand 

architecture, led a 200-person marketing department, 

revamped the go-to-market strategy for classic brands 

such as Coors Light and Miller Lite, broadened the 

company’s reach in social and digital media, and created 

sponsorship deals with major sports franchises that 

allowed MillerCoors to compete effectively in a rapidly 

fragmenting media marketplace. His strategies led 

Coors Light to number two share brand in its category, 

overtaking Budweiser. 

YMAGIS GROUP NAMES GEORGES GARIC 

DEPUTY CEO 

n Ymagis Group has appointed Georges Garic as its 

new deputy chief executive officer. For the past three 

years, Garic has been executive vice president and 

president, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), 

of international electronic manufacturing services 

company Asteelflash. 



GEORGES GARIC 

Garic received his degree 

from France’s EISTI Graduate 

School in Computer 

Science and Mathematics 

Engineering. He began his 

professional career in 1990 

at Cartier Industries and ten 

years later joined Valeo, a 

multinational automotive 

supplier, where he successively 

managed several business 

divisions. He relocated to 

the U.S. in 2004 to head up 

Valeo’s motors and actuators 

subsidiary. Shortly after, he 

joined Asteelflash—6,000 

employees and $900 million 

in revenue—where he was 

head of business development 

(2005) and executive VP, USA and China (2008) 

before becoming executive VP of the group and president, 

EMEA, in 2012. 

Garic is currently based in Paris and reports directly 

to Jean Mizrahi, president and chief executive officer 

of Ymagis Group. He is also a member of the group’s 

executive committee. 

Garic replaces Jean-Marie Dura, who joined the 

board of directors in 2015. 

CHRISTIE PROJECTOR BREAKS SALES 

RECORDS IN CHINA 

n Christie’s CP2208 digital cinema projector has 

generated record-breaking sales in China since it 

started shipping in October, according to a company 

statement. 

To date, Christie’s partner Beijing Donview Technology 

Development Co. has purchased over 500 units 

of this projector, making it the best-selling cinema 

projector of its class in China. This is four times the 

amount of cinema projectors of the same class sold by 

a competitor in the Chinese market between October 

and December 2015. Aimed at theaters whose screen 

sizes are less than 10.6 meters (35 feet) wide that 

require an affordable solution in a compact footprint, 

the CP2208 is the latest from Christie’s Xenon lamp– 

based Solaria projector line. The CP2208 is capable 

of delivering images at 9,000 lumens within the DCI 

color space and up to 10,000 lumens when presenting 

alternative content. 

The Christie CP2208 can be ordered with a variety 

of lamp sizes and lenses, and allows feature film 

content to be displayed using the optional Christie 

integrated media block (IMB-S2) or another popular 

Series-2 integrated media block (IMB) system using 

the open IMB slot. The Christie CP2208 also offers 

HFR upgrade capabilities and support for advertising 

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CINEMARK ACCELERATES D-BOX 

ROLL-OUT IN THE US 

n Cinemark Holdings Inc. is to install 

D-BOX motion systems in at least 80 new 

screens in 40 theaters over the next 24 

months. The majority of these screens will 

be installed in the United States, and some 

will be deployed in Latin America. Cinemark 

currently has 112 D-BOX screens 

installed or in backlog in the United States 

and Latin America. 

Terms of the agreement include a fee 

based on the use of the systems as well as a 

stock purchase option. D-BOX is issuing two 

million common share purchase warrants to 

Cinemark, with each warrant entitling Cinemark 

to acquire one share of D-BOX. 

“Based on the strong moviegoer 

reaction and ticket sales generated, we are 

pleased to further expand our D-BOX 

footprint,” said Robert Copple, Cinemark’s 

president and chief operating officer. “We 

are proud to be the largest exhibitor in 

the world in terms of D-BOX equipped 

venues and look forward to our continued 

partnership with D-BOX as they continue 

to expand globally.” n 


COMMUNIQUÉ 

n The movie-rating system has long been a fairly 

reliable proxy for whatever particular groups or individuals 

think is wrong with American movies and—by 

extension—America. The ratings are too lenient regarding 

violence and too strict regarding sex, and what 

is the MPAA’s problem with “the F-word”? Or, liberal 

Hollywood sanctions every possible sexual perversion 

and blasphemy while 

RESPECTING 

THE AUDIENCE 

New movie-rating survey reveals 

what parents really think about 

sex, violence, and language in 

movies 

by Patrick Corcoran, 

Vice President & Chief Communications Officer, 

NATO 

89% of parents surveyed 

are extremely or very 

familiar with the ratings 

and 77% are extremely 

or very familiar with the 

ratings descriptors and 

93% agree that both the 

ratings and descriptors 

are helpful; 79% agree 

the ratings are accurate 

and 84% agree the descriptors 

are accurate. 

Parents Ratings 

Advisory Study 

2015 

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demonstrating their 

hatred for America 

and its values. Either 

way, these un-American 

values are being 

“shoved down our 

throats.” 

In other words, in 

a funhouse reflection 

of its critics’ complaints, 

the rating 

system has an agenda, 

and it’s not yours. 

But what if, just maybe, the rating system is 

earnestly trying to do just what it says it is trying to 

do: reflect the concerns that a majority of American 

parents have about movie content and inform them of 

what their children might see in a particular movie? 

To test that proposition and determine whether the 

rating system accurately reflects parents’ concerns, the 

Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA) of 

the MPAA commissioned a survey through Nielsen to 

see if parents found the rating system useful and accurate, 

what kinds of content they were most concerned 

about, and how they would classify certain content if 

given the opportunity. 

The survey (available via the link at left) is fascinating. 

Alongside the findings from previous CARA 

surveys that measure general familiarity with the 

rating system and its usefulness, there is an interesting 

variance, by region, in the percentage of parents who 

find the ratings accurate. While much of the country 

is within a few percentage points of the average, the 

New England and Middle Atlantic regions outstrip the 

rest of the country with 90 percent and 86 percent of 

parents, respectively, finding the ratings accurate. On 

the low end, 73 percent and 74 percent of parents in 

the Mountain and North Central regions, respectively, 

find the ratings accurate. Region also accounts for 

differences in whether parents find certain content 

appropriate within various rating categories, as we shall 

see. 

Less comforting, 69 percent of parents said they 

had never seen a trailer inappropriately paired with a 

movie. This suggests a stricter eye could be applied to 

trailer placements at CARA and at theaters. 

Much of the controversy over ratings in the press 

revolves around the ratings given for sexual content. 

An R or the rare NC-17 for sexuality frequently 

prompts disapproving clucks, with commentators 

typically noting that children can see thousands of 

murders at the movies, but heaven forbid they see two 

adults express their love for one another, or variations 

on the same. This is pointed to as a sign of hypocrisy 

or prudery—the MPAA doesn’t want you to see 

certain things. Never mind that with the exception of 

the NC-17 rating, children can see any movie their 

parents wish them to, and no rating prohibits adults 

from seeing any movie they choose. In the minds of 

critics, the rating system is censorship. It may be more 

accurate to say that to most critics, the rating system is 

censoring the wrong things. 

So, according to parents, what content concerns 

them, and is the rating system getting it right? Unsurprisingly 

to anyone who doesn’t live in Los Angeles 

or New York, sexual content rates highest among 

parental concerns, with 80 percent citing graphic sexual 

content as the top concern, followed by full male 

nudity at 71 percent, and full female nudity and use 

of hard drugs both coming in third with 70 percent. 

Graphic violence and use of the F-word are next at 64 

percent and 62 percent, respectively. Action/fantasy 

violence comes in at just 37 percent, so concerns about 

decapitated orcs and the wholesale slaughter of Loki’s 

alien army and similar depictions in PG-13 titles don’t 

prompt the same level of concern among parents as 

more realistic depictions. 

Indeed, in PG-13 rated movies, use of the F-word 

is cited by more parents as appearing too frequently, 

despite the fact that it is quite rare and when used 

more than once prompts an automatic R rating. 

Fifty-three percent of parents are concerned that 

it appears too frequently in PG-13 movies. This is 

something to keep in mind the next time a controversy 

erupts over an appeal of an R rating due to language. 

When given the opportunity to apply the appropriate 

rating themselves, only 26 percent of parents believed 


a PG-13 rating was appropriate for one use of the F-word. Regional 

differences appear here as well, with flinty New Englanders, laid-back 

residents of the Pacific region, and parents in urban areas more likely 

to find its use appropriate in a PG-13 title. 

In exercises where the parents would apply ratings for 

content, parents, on average, begin assigning an R rating 

when two to three uses of the F-word appeared, 

much as the current rating system does. The 

film’s genre and the context of the usage were 

less important than the number of uses. 

In contrast, parents judged violent content 

less on its frequency than on its kind. 

Sexual violence was judged most harshly, 

reaching an NC-17 rating in parental 

assignment regardless of frequency. 

The rating system is most often criticized 

for applying restrictive ratings to sexual content 

(as opposed to violent content, for which 

it is often criticized as too lenient), yet parents 

would apply the R rating to almost all sexual 

content, with the exception of brief nudity, for which 

they would apply a PG-13. Interestingly, even though the 

majority of movies released with an NC-17 have received it for sexual 

content, most parents would not apply the NC-17 rating for “explicit 

scenes of sexual intercourse.” 

As noted above, parental concerns over content in PG-13 movies, 

which do not restrict attendance by children, are highest for the 

F-word at 53 percent, closely followed by graphic sex scenes at 51 

percent. No other type of content is cited by more than half of parents 

as appearing too frequently in PG-13 movies. The next six types 

of content that parents feel appear too frequently in PG-13 movies 

are suggestive sexual innuendo, full female nudity, partial nudity, 

brief nudity, underage partying, and hard drug use. Graphic violence 

is the ninth most cited type of content that appears too frequently, 

with 44 percent of parents mentioning it. 

Why is this survey important? Because the various camps who 

battle over the rating system believe that ratings should mirror their 

own moral view of the universe. Those who are comfortable with 

the depiction of sexuality, or for whom language is merely language 

and can do no harm, or those who find depictions of violence to 

be as harmful as the real thing, or those for whom any depiction of 

nudity or sexuality outside of wedlock or the privacy of the bedroom 

is as sinful as the real thing, or for whom the F-word and other rude 

or blasphemous language is an assault on the ears—all would like 

to configure the rating system to fit their conception of right and 

wrong. 

The irony is that each of these views is utterly subjective, and that, 

frankly, is the core difficulty in applying any rating system. People are 

subjective. The strength of the rating system is that it acknowledges 

that subjectivity but places it where it belongs. The sole purpose of 

the rating system, since it advises parents on content and, in some 

circumstances, restricts children’s attendance based on that content, 

is to reflect the concerns of parents. This study shows that the rating 

system, with raters selected from parents, is doing a good job reflecting 

those concerns. Returning regularly to sample parents’ views and 

concerns can only strengthen the system’s accuracy, and regular publication 

of the results will strengthen parents’ confidence in the rating 

system. That openness will force critics of the rating system to weigh 

Parental 

concerns over 

content in PG-13 

movies, which do not 

restrict attendance by 

children, are highest for 

the F-word at 53 percent, 

closely followed by 

graphic sex scenes 

at 51 percent. 

their criticisms on the scale with what parents really care about. 

In a recent Washington Post column by movie critic Ann Hornaday, 

in which she lamented the grueling, graphic violence in 

The Hateful Eight and The Revenant, she felt compelled to note the 

CARA parent survey, if only to sigh that “parents evinced 

far more concern about sexual content and nudity in 

movies as opposed to violence.” As more evidence 

of parents’ real concerns seep into public 

consciousness, perhaps critics will begin to 

consider why they have those concerns. My 

guess is that parents are most concerned 

with what their children will confront in 

real life. Although violence is a big concern 

in our society, the majority of us will 

never confront it in real life. But parents 

know their children will at some point deal 

with sexuality; they will at some point hear 

and use language their parents would rather 

they not. Parents want some control over when 

and where those things happen. As a parent, my 

concerns may not align precisely with the majority of 

parents in this survey. Indeed, they do not. Yours may not 

align with mine. The movie industry—the movie theater industry—though, 

has promised to determine those concerns, and honor 

them. And we do that through the rating system. n 


NUMBER CRUNCH 

STANLEY KUBRICK 

n I first became 

interested in movie 

business data because 

of Stanley 

Kubrick. 

I realize 

that most 

people 

say they 

wanted to become a director because 

of Stanley Kubrick, but that wasn’t 

the case with me. After being 

blown away by Kubrick’s films, I 

quickly devoured every piece 

of writing I could find about 

him. During my research, 

I discovered how seriously 

Kubrick took the business 

side of the movie industry. It 

was surprising to me that this 

creative genius also obsessed over 

the commercial success of his films; 

I thought those interests never aligned. 

I imagined Kubrick to be an uncompromising 

artist who wouldn’t spend a second 

dealing with anything related to the bottom 

line, but that couldn’t have been further from 

the truth. Right up until the end of his life and 

career—which, unfortunately for all of us, came 

at the same time—he was concerned about how 

his latest project would perform. The story goes that 

Kubrick analyzed box office data in order to find the 

best release date for Eyes Wide Shut. It worked. The 

Tom Cruise–Nicole Kidman vehicle was the only 

film of the legendary director’s career to open in first 

place. 

The lesson I took away from this is that data is 

important to us all. Nobody is above it. If a director 

who is considered by most to be one of the great—if 

not the greatest—film artists of all time understood its 

value, then what possible excuse could anybody else 

have for not valuing it? 

My new role at NATO will be focused on the 

many ways data impacts our industry. It will allow me 

to take on projects that intersect with the work I did 

during my nearly eight years at Boxoffice. 

One of my first priorities will be to analyze data 

related to the release window. As I write this, NATO 

is in the process of identifying a research firm and an 

Or How I Learned to 

Love the Data Side of 

the Movie Business 

by Phil Contrino 

Data and Research Manager, NATO 

economic analysis firm 

to help us get a better 

understanding of where 

the public stands on this 

important topic. How are 

consumer habits changing 

as the release window 

gets shorter? What kind 

of financial impact is it 

having on theatrical revenue? These are just two of 

the many questions we’ll dive into. Better data will 

help us make better decisions both in distribution and 

exhibition. It’s important for both sides to understand 

this topic as thoroughly as possible, and I’m excited to 

study it. 

I’m also pleased to announce that beginning 

in February, NATO members will start to receive 

domestic box office predictions from Boxoffice as a 

new member service. These predictions will go slightly 

beyond what’s currently available for free on pro. 

boxoffice.com. During my time with Boxoffice, I often 

received notes from people in the exhibition community 

telling me how valuable those predictions were to 

their business. It’s exciting to help usher in a new level 

of access. 

I also look forward to talking to more exhibition 

professionals who deal with data to see how many different 

approaches there are out there. There’ll be time 

for that at CinemaCon in just a couple of months. 

The work with data that’s happening in the movie 

business is very inspiring, and it’s bound to only get 

better. Just look at how much things have changed 

in the last 10 years. The impact of social media, the 

analysis of loyalty-program data, detailed research into 

what kind of content consumers respond to most, 

and many other factors have changed this business in 

substantial ways. 

In addition to obsessing over grosses every week, I 

also make a point to read about how other industries 

are using data, and it’s fascinating. Keeping tabs on 

data practices outside our field often allows me to see 

the movie industry through fresh eyes, which then 

results in new approaches to information. I highly 

recommend checking in on the Predictive Analytic 

Times (www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/patimes) 

from time to time to see how professionals in other 

industries use data to better understand their worlds. 

I look forward to keeping you all updated in these 

pages. n 


CLOSER TO THE STARS

CONCESSIONS STAND 

Movie Tavern’s Danny 

DiGiacomo with Fort 

Worth ABC affliate’s 

Susie McAuley and 

Linda Cooper of “Live 

Love Laugh Today” 

SOUTHERN 

THEATRES 

HEADQUARTERS: 

NEW ORLEANS 

SITES: 42 

SCREENS: 463 

GIANTS OF 

EXHIBITION 

RANKING: 7 

MOVIE 

TAVERN 

STATES: 10 

SITES: 26 

n Movie Tavern’s Vice President of Marketing 

Danny DiGiacomo dishes on Southern Theatres’ 

foray into the cinema dining experience 

Interview by Daniel Loria 

How has the competitive landscape changed 

since you first launched Movie Tavern? 

When the first Movie Tavern opened in 2001, we 

were one of the few who 

dared to launch such a 

concept. Now that it has 

gained such popularity, 

it is interesting to see all 

the great variety of dinein 

theaters and offerings 

available to moviegoers. 

How does 

programming 

help bring an element of variety into Movie 

Tavern’s offerings? 

Our Breakfast and a Flick program is our most 

popular program. Every Saturday and Sunday for 9:00 

a.m. shows we serve from a special breakfast menu that 

offers quite a variety of options, including mimosas 

and Bloody Marys. 

What tends to work better for you, themed 

menus that are curated along with a specific 

film, or a consistent menu that returning 

customers can expect? 

Our guests love fun themed menu options, but 

really what they want is good quality food and good 

service. That makes them come back and bring 

friends. 

How do you tackle the ordering concept? 

We always recommend that our guests get there 

30 minutes early or so, but all seats are equipped 

with call buttons so service is available anytime 

throughout the show. We do a last call at a certain 

point before the movie ends so our guests can finish 

up and be on their way with no hassle when the movie 

is over. We have years of experience to pull from in 

terms of service logistics. Both our internal team and 

outside vendors are part 

of the process. 

How does staff 

training differ in 

your cinema dining 

concept as opposed 

to the rest of the 

Southern Theatres 

circuit? Do you look 

for staff that come in 

with restaurant experience, or does it require 

a separate or additional training process? 

We have a great training program that is well suited 

for those who have a restaurant, hospitality, or cinema 

background. We love having a team with a variety of 

experience because it gives us that edge and variety we 

need to provide great service. 

What role do more traditional concessions, 

like popcorn and candy, play in your 

operations? 

Popcorn is always a popular part of the moviegoing 

experience, but we have seen first-hand that our 

guests truly love the fact that they can have dinner 

and a drink delivered to their seat while they take in 

a movie. n 


The outdoor sector of exhibition gathers in 

Kissimmee, Florida, for the 16th annual United 

Drive-In Theatre Owners Association Convention 


JOHN VINCENT 

PRESIDENT 

UNITED DRIVE-IN THEATRE 

OWNERS ASSOCIATION 

Interview by Danial Loria 

We had a record year at the box office in 

2015; how was business for drive-ins across 

the country? 

I daresay even better, percentage-wise. When 

you have family movies that really hit, like Minions, 

Inside Out, and Jurassic World, it really does send 

many drive-ins over the top. 

What are you going to be covering at this 

year’s convention? 

We’ll be focusing on marketing, especially social 

media and in-theater marketing. For years we had 

to center on digital cinema because that was the 

main thing: getting the deals done. Now that we’re 

on the other side of that, we’ve chosen to try to 

take the convention and focus on something different 

every year. Last year we covered concessions 

and had Larry Etter from Malco Theatres and the 

National Association of Concessionaires. 

The concessions stand is quickly changing 

in theaters around the world; is that change 

also reflected at the drive-in? 

Just like McDonald’s will always have burgers 

and fries, drive-ins will always do well with 

comfort foods. Many of us over the years have experimented 

with salads and the like, but it’s kind 

of fallen flat. We do recognize, however, that in 

today’s society there is a more heightened awareness 

of things like gluten-free. There are some 

drive-ins that are leading the charge in trying out 

some new menu items, but at the end of the day 

the brass tacks of money is always going to come 

from comfort food. 

What are some of the biggest trends you’re 

seeing in the drive-in business? 

We’re seeing more dabbling in alternative 

content. A couple of drive-ins did the [Grateful 

Dead’s] Fare Thee Well concerts. A couple of 

drive-ins are experimenting with sports events 

when they can get the licensing. We’re definitely 

going to see a lot more in that direction. We’re 

seeing success in that area, and it will probably 

continue to grow—maybe we’ll even see studios 

come up with some of their own alternative-content 

events in the coming years. Now that we 

have the digital projectors, it opens up a lot more 

possibilities. Some drive-ins are even experimenting 

with gaming nights during the off-season. 

We do have to emphasize, however, that most of 

our revenue does continue to come from first-run 

Hollywood movies. Like our indoor counterparts, 

we absolutely don’t want to see the release window 

collapse. 

Now that the digital conversion is mostly 

realized, what are some of the biggest 

concerns on your agenda? 

The window is such a big concern for us. 

There needs to be that incentive for people to 

come out. Most of us are a little more sensitive 

on the summer season, with some big summer 

films opening as early as May when not all drivein 

locations are open. Other than that, it looks 

really good for drive-ins. We had a very successful 

summer. There’s this negative connotation out 

there that drive-ins don’t work and that’s simply 

not true. It is tough to make it work in a smaller 

market with a $50,000 projector, and we’ll probably 

lose a few in rural areas to that, and it’s sad 

and I hope this is only temporary. It remains to be 

a great concept, when people talk about the resurgence 

of drive-ins, I always say that it bottomed 

out in 1987—that was the worst year—and it’s 

been a fairly solid business since the early ’90s, 

the resurgence actually started back then. Driveins 

are a great way to watch a movie, it’s a great 

option for families, and we also think it fits with 

Generation Z. There’s been some talk about what 

this latest generation wants, about being looser on 

restrictions on cell phones, and that’s exactly what 

drive-ins can offer. 

Are there any specific regions where you’re 

seeing a surge of interest in drive-ins? 

We’re seeing some growth in the South in 

places like Texas. The fair-weather states will 

probably be preferable for new builds. Let’s face 

it, the land is expensive these days, so many 

people will try to make the most out of it on a 

year-round basis. I think that’s where most of the 

growth will continue to happen, but there’s still 

good news in other areas: one just reopened in 

Bangor, Maine. If there’s one area of the country 

where we’ll see a lot more growth, I would say 

the southern parts of the country where you can 

really make the numbers work. 

What’s the current state of the drive-in? 

We work hand in hand with NATO and appreciate 

the help we get from them and our distributor 

partners. We’re all happy to be in this business. We 

do this with a passion. Most locations are locally 

owned and operated, but there are also some drivein 

chains out there. We’re also seeing some midsize 

circuits pick up some drive-ins, and I’m happy to 

see that as well. It’s nice to see some of these medium-sized 

players getting into the space. 


IN THE LOBBY 

TICKETS, 

POPCORN, 

DEATH STAR 

Dimensional Innovations turns a 

cinema lobby in Omaha into an 

immersive experience 

by Daniel Loria 

n Star Wars mania became a 

full-blown global phenomenon 

(once again) in late 2015. 

You might have heard about 

it: the latest entry in the series, 

The Force Awakens, 

launched in mid-December 

to a record-breaking run that 

culminated by toppling Avatar 

as the highest-grossing film of 

all time in North America after 

only 20 days of release. Theater lobbies across the 

world were abuzz with anticipation from first-time 

fans to repeat visitors. At the recently opened Alamo 

Drafthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, however, The Force 

Awakens dominated much more than the conversation. 

Guests were treated to a fully immersive Star 

Wars–themed lobby as soon as they stepped into the 

new cinema: flashing lights, sound effects, and largescale 

replicas of some of the franchise’s iconic sets 

helped create the illusion of a galaxy far, far away for 

local moviegoers. 


“The theater owner, Tyler Calabrese, for Alamo Drafthouse, 

and the architect, Kip Coleman from Elevation 

Architects, came up with the original idea and then 

contacted us through Alamo corporate to see if this was 

a feasible project and how we could design and build it,” 

recounts Brad Woods, practice director at Dimensional 

Innovations, a Kansas-based design firm that has crafted 

custom-themed environments for high-profile clients 

from a number of industries. From the locker room of 

the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets to Sprint’s ad campaign in 

Times Square, Dimensional Innovations has specialized 

in creating an engaging public experience with their 

designs. Now you can add the Star Wars–themed lobby at 

the Alamo Drafthouse’s Omaha location. 

Details like lighting and paneling come into play, 

and there’s even an Emperor’s Throne, where visitors can 

take photos while doing their best impression of the evil 

emperor Palpatine. The true centerpiece of the project, 

however, is a 10-foot replica of the Death Star towering 

over the lobby. A push of a button triggers an LED 

system that recreates the laser blast from the original film, 

complete with sound effects that give the whole experience 

a truly immersive feel. Woods admits the laser touch 

proved to be the project’s most difficult challenge. “Using 

DI’s Innovations Lab, we were able to design and install 

a proprietary LED system that was programmable and 

resembled the laser from the Death Star in the movies. 

It all had to be synced with the sound system, as well as 

being serviceable from the manager’s office. We also built 

mock-ups for the Death Star and illuminated interior 

wall panels.” 

The project was supposed to be under wraps—until 

an Internet spoiler foiled those plans. A picture of the 10- 

foot Death Star traveling down the highway hitched onto 

the back of a trailer was leaked online by an unsuspecting 

motorist—and honestly, who wouldn’t post a picture of 

that sight after their morning commute?—drawing scores 

of views and comments as the image quickly went viral. 

“At first, we were worried that some Star Wars fanatics 

would follow the Death Star as it was being shipped 

to Omaha from our factory in Kansas City in hopes of 

finding its destination,” remembers Woods. 

Dimensional Innovations isn’t new to the exhibition 

industry. The company has worked on projects for 

leading exhibitors AMC and Cinemark over the last 15 to 

20 years, specializing in theater-concept design, interior 

design, fabrication, and installation. Their experience in 

exhibition includes tackling a range of projects, from setting 

up exterior and interior signage to creating immersive 

themed environments like the one in Omaha. 

“It is all about creating a memorable experience for 

moviegoers, and we feel that this begins in the lobby,” 

says Woods. “Our designs help keep patrons engaged and 

keep them coming back to see movies and thoroughly 

enjoy their experience. Nowadays, theater owners have to 

go above and beyond ‘Let’s go see a movie’ and create that 

experience to get them off the couch and away from their 

70-inch TVs. We collaborate with owners and their architects 

to help their theaters set themselves apart, which, in 

turn, adds to the owners’ bottom line.” n 


CHARITY SPOTLIGHT 

LOOKING FORWARD TO A 2016 FULL OF GIVING 

Compiled by Erica Lopez, Executive Director, Variety–the Children’s Charity of the United States 

Variety of Southern California Annual Charity Luncheon 

Variety of Southern California presented John Lundin, Vice President of Film, 

Carmike Cinemas, with the 2015 Heart of Show Business Award at the Annual 

Charity Luncheon in Los Angeles. A sold-out crowd of more than 350 of John’s 

friends and colleagues attended to celebrate his career and upcoming retirement. 

Variety of Detroit Bikes for Kids Annual Bike 

Party 

Variety of Detroit provided 150 new bicycles, 

locks, and helmets, including prescriptively modified 

bikes for children with special needs, to deserving 

Paul Silk, Jack Foley, Scott Forman, David Passman, John Lundin, Rory Bruer, Gigi Lestak, 

Rusty Gautier, Bill Robinson 

children through partnerships with social service 

agencies and organizations. Children and their families 

were invited to the party and enjoyed music, dancing, 

carnival games, food, face painting, and a visit from 

Santa Claus and Paws from the Detroit Tigers. 

Variety of Detroit’s Adopt-a-Family & Santa’s 

Workshop 

Variety of Detroit adopted 500 children though the 

annual holiday Adopt-a-Family Program. Through the 

generosity of Variety supporters, these special children 

Branden Miller, Scott Forman, Paul Silk, David Passman, Jack Foley, Rory Bruer, John Lundin, 

Gigi Lestak, Rusty Gautier, Bill Robinson 

Scott Forman, David Passman, John Lundin, Branden Miller 

received holiday presents including coats, clothing, 

toys, games, and more. Donors and their families were 

invited to the annual Santa’s Workshop Party to wrap 

the gifts in preparation for delivery to the families 

through partnerships with children’s agencies and 

organizations. 


Variety of Ontario World’s Greatest Christmas 

Party 

Games, food, photos with Santa, loot bags, crafts, 

inflatables and a shoppers’ bazaar were all part of the 

18th Annual World’s Greatest Christmas Party. Variety 

Variety of St. Louis Winter Camp 

Kids ages 4 to 16 had a lot of fun at Variety of St. 

Louis’s annual Winter Adventure Camp, enjoying 

swimming, dancing, gym time, ice skating, a trip to 

the local science museum, and indoor rock climbing. 

Village raised almost $40,000 with tickets sales and 

thanks to the generosity of the Toronto Professional 

Fire Fighters Association, who made a gift of $25,000 

to the charity. This annual event is an affordable and 

inclusive way for families to enjoy the holiday spirit 

together. 

Mark Randisi’s “A Century of Sinatra: 100th 

Birthday Celebration” Benefits Variety of Detroit 

Mark Randisi performed a spectacular tribute to 

Frank Sinatra at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom to benefit 

Variety of Detroit. Nearly 100 Variety supporters joined 

the crowd for this wonderful trip down memory lane. 


CHARITY SPOTLIGHT 

Variety of Manitoba’s 2015 Volunteer of the Year, 

Lucy Drury, sells raffle tickets to help raise funds 

for Variety’s kids. 

Santa and Jayden Floyd 

Variety of 

Manitoba at 

the Winnipeg 

Renovation Show 

Variety of 

Manitoba was once 

again chosen as the 

charity of choice 

for this annual 

event and sold raffle 

tickets for its Grand 

Prize Draw of a 

$10,000 kitchen 

from Springfield 

Woodworking. 

Variety of Texas 

Annual Holiday 

Party 

Children with 

sensory needs 

enjoyed the holidays 

just as every child 

should! The kids visited 

with Sensitive 

Santa, picked out a 

present under the 

tree, had their faces 

painted and enjoyed 

a sensory-friendly 

movie screening 

in a fun and safe 

environment, built 

exactly for their 

needs. 

Variety of Illinois 

Hat Trick Benefit 

Screenings 

Variety of Illinois 

Executive Director 

Angelique Barthel 

and Board Member 

Mark Mazrimas 

(Classic Cinemas) 

selling Gold Heart 

Pins (left) at one 

of three sold-out 

screenings of Hat 

Trick, a documentary 

featuring the third 

Stanley Cup victory 

in six years by the 

2015 Chicago Blackhawks. 

Admissions 

to the screenings 

benefitted Variety 

of Illinois and 

Chicago Blackhawks 

Charities. 

Variety of Illinois Sam & Santa Toy Drive 

For this annual event, Variety of Illinois partners with Studio 

Movie Grill Chatham and Wheaton. More than 1,000 toys were 

collected by Sam Love, an 11-year-old Chicago resident who takes a 

special interest in helping children less fortunate than himself. 

Variety Gold Heart Campaign 

Employees at Classic Cinemas Elk Grove in Illinois showing the 

heart of Variety (above) and proud of making their location the number 

one Mockingjay Gold Heart Pin seller of all Classic Cinema locations. 

Variety of Iowa Black Tie Gala 

“A Night in New Orleans” kicked off with two specialized bike 

presentations. During dinner, special guest Jamie Pollard, Iowa State 

University athletic director, spoke, and a very special surprise guest, 

his 13-year-old son, James, also spoke about his fight against cancer. 

Guests paraded New Orleans style to the dessert buffet featuring 

beignets and bananas Foster. Dancing to band Final Mix rounded 

out the evening. n 


U P C O M I N G E V E N T S 

VARIETY OF MANITOBA’S CAMP 

BRERETON SUMMER IN WINTER 

FESTIVAL 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 

Sturgeon Heights Community Centre 

at 210 Rita St., Winnipeg, MB R3J 2Y2, 

Canada 

Friends and volunteers are hosting 

Variety’s Camp Brereton’s Summer in 

Winter Festival to raise funds for our 

summer camp’s new bouldering wall. 

This adds an additional activity for kids 

of all abilities so they can experience 

more outdoor fun all by the water’s 

edge. Please contact Ashley Irwin 

at admin@varietymanitoba.com for 

tickets or visit www.varietymanitoba. 

com for more information. Adults are 

$20 each, kids under 12 are $10, and 

we are also selling support tickets for 

only $10 each! 

VARIETY OF NEW YORK’S CASINO 

NIGHT, “BET WITH HEART” 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 

The Edison Ballroom at 240 W. 47th 

St., New York, N.Y. 10036 

www.varietyny.org 

Variety of New York will host its inaugural 

Bet with HeART, a casino-night 

fund-raiser transforming the Edison 

Ballroom into a mini Las Vegas with 

showgirls and a casino vibe. Playing 

guests will trade in their poker chip 

winnings for prizes such as flat-screen 

TVs, vacation stays, entertainment 

tickets, and more! 

VARIETY OF IOWA SPIRITS OF 

SPRING 

Saturday, February 27, 2016 

Cedar Rapids Marriott at 1200 Collins 

Rd. N.E., Cedar Rapids, Ia. 52402 

www.varietyiowa.com 

Spirits of Spring is an evening featuring 

fine wines, beers, liquors, and 

heavy hors d’oeuvres to complement 

available selections. The evening also 

includes a raffle and silent and live 

auctions. 

Illinois board member Sarah Adamson 

of Hollywood 360 and Sarah’s Backstage 

Pass. Tickets include champagne, 

red carpet photos, passed 

appetizers, entrée, and dessert! 

VARIETY OF IOWA TELETHON 

Saturday and Sunday, 

March 5 and 6, 2016 

Community Choice Credit Union 

Convention Center at 833 5th Ave. 

Des Moines, IA. 50309 

www.varietyiowa.com/variety-telethon 

Since 1975, Iowans have joined 

together to contribute their time, 

talent, and hearts to the annual 

telethon, an entertainment showcase 

that serves as Variety of Iowa’s 

largest fund-raiser and has raised 

more than $100 million to date. Each 

year, a lineup of local, national, and 

international personalities perform 

to support the children of Iowa. 

Working alongside the telethon 

cast, thousands of volunteers and 

Very Interested Persons (VIPs) take 

pledges over the phones and solicit 

donations from family and friends. 

Telethon also provides Variety of 

Iowa the opportunity to highlight 

the children and organizations that 

benefit from Variety’s support. In addition 

to cast performances, Variety 

hosts specialized bike presentations 

and interviews organizations that receive 

Variety grants. Free to attend, 

or tune in to ABC5 from 7 p.m. to 

midnight on Saturday and 6 a.m. to 6 

p.m. on Sunday to watch. 

VARIETY OF MANITOBA’S DONOVAN 

ALEXANDER HEART BOWL 

Saturday, March 12, 2016 

Laverendrye Bowling Lanes at 614 Des 

Meurons St., Winnipeg, MB R2H 2P9, 

Canada 

Donovan Alexander is a Variety Heart 

Centre alum and former Winnipeg 

Blue Bomber who believes he owes 

his life to Variety. Each year he hosts 

a bowling day for teams and families 

to come together for a great cause— 

our kids! This year’s event will be 

better than ever with amazing prizes 

and sponsors. Donovan himself 

invites Variety kids to join him on 

his team for the day! Please contact 

Ashley Irwin at admin@varietymanitoba.com 

for tickets, or visit our 

website at www.varietymanitoba. 

com for more information. 

SAVE THE DATE: 2016 PIONEER OF 

THE YEAR DINNER 

April 13, 2016 

www.wrpioneers.org/2016dinner 

The Will Rogers Motion Picture 

Pioneers Foundation invites you to 

join us in honoring Donna Langley, 

Chairman of Universal Pictures, at 

the Pioneer of the Year Dinner. The 

event will take place on Wednesday 

April 13, 2016, at CinemaCon in Las 

Vegas. n 

VARIETY OF ILLINOIS 11TH ANNUAL 

ACADEMY AWARDS VIEWING GALA 

Sunday, February 28, 2016 

Hollywood Blvd Cinema at 1001 W. 

75th St., Woodridge, Ill. 60517 

The awards will be broadcast on the 

big screen and hosted by Variety of 


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REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 

Knoxville, TN / regmovies.com 

Regal Cinemas once again leads exhibitors in the U.S. and Canada in both screen count and sites. The circuit plans 

to install luxury recliner seating in an additional 1,000 screens in 2016 and 2017, effectively furnishing around a 

quarter of all its screens with premium seating. The process was already in full swing through 2015, with around 

850 screens furnished with recliners by year end. Regal is also betting on enhanced food and beverage offerings, 

expanding their menu in 185 locations by the end of 2015 and offering alcohol at 135 sites in the same period. 

SCREENS 

7,324 

SITES 

569 

2 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT 

Leawood, KS / amctheatres.com 

Adam M. Aron, the former CEO of Starwood Hotels and previous co-owner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, began 

his tenure as the chief executive officer of AMC on January 4. Aron will lead the company in a period of growth 

and investment into its existing theaters. The circuit is coming off a marquee year, surpassing 5,000 screens in 2015 

following its acquisition of Starplex Cinemas. The Starplex deal added 346 screens in 33 locations across 12 states to 

AMC’s circuit, further strengthening its presence in the United States. 

SCREENS 

5,260 

SITES 

379 

3 

CINEMARK USA 

Plano, TX / cinemark.com 

Tim Warner’s retirement as CEO of Cinemark USA wasn’t a permanent goodbye from the company. The 18-year 

veteran of the company, who helped establish Cinemark as a global leader during his tenure as president of Cinemark 

International from 1996 to 2006, stepped down as CEO in 2015. Warner transitioned to his new role as vicechairman 

of the Texas-based circuit in August of last year. His successor, Mark Zoradi, is the former chief operating 

officer of Dreamworks Animation and a 30-year veteran of Disney, where he held multiple executive roles. 

SCREENS 

4,612 

SITES 

343 

4 

CARMIKE CINEMAS 

Columbus, GA / carmike.com 

Carmike finished 2015 on the verge of reaching 3,000 screens. 2015 saw Carmike reaffirm its faith in alternative 

content following the 2014 acquisition of Digiplex; a partnership agreement with Fathom Events paved the way to 

expand its alternative-content offerings to 150 locations across 31 states by the end of the year. The Georgia-based 

circuit also managed to add 37 screens to its growing ranks through its acquisition of Sundance Cinemas. The 

company’s executive roster welcomes a new face in 2016 with Rob Collins, former vice president of brand activation 

for Turner Entertainment Networks, stepping in as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. 

SCREENS 

2,958 

SITES 

277 

5 

CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT 

Toronto, ON, Canada / cineplex.com 

Cineplex has pioneered multiple innovations over the last number of years. The company adopted a more interactive 

approach to its pre-show platform by bringing TimePlay into its circuit in late 2014. In 2015 Cineplex decided 

to take gaming at the movies a step further with its incursion into the rapidly growing field of eSports. The circuit 

acquired online gaming platform WorldGaming in September, giving them access to the tournaments, leagues, 

and gaming ladders organized by the eSports company. More recently, Cineplex and WorldGaming signed a 

comprehensive deal with Sony Computer Entertainment to launch a series of video-gaming tournaments in the 

Great White North. 

SCREENS 

670 

SITES 

53 


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MARCUS THEATRES 

Milwaukee, WI / marcustheatres.com 

Marcus started 2015 celebrating the success of one of its new initiatives. The circuit’s loyalty program, Magical 

Movie Rewards, reached one million subscribers by mid-March—less than a year into its launch. The company also 

continued its investment in installing its own Premium Large-Format screens and DreamLounger branded luxury 

seating across the circuit. Marcus now features its own PLF screens in more than 61 percent of its company-owned 

first-run locations. The circuit promoted three leaders to vice president positions in August: Clint Wisialowski (VP of 

Sales), Rob Novak (VP of Concessions), and Matt Lee (VP of Operations). 

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SOUTHERN THEATRES 

New Orleans, LA / thegrandtheatre.com 

Southern’s 2013 acquisition of Movie Tavern signaled a bold move to expand in the cinema dining space. The bet 

certainly seems to have paid off as we enter 2016, with cinema dining quickly becoming one of the hottest concepts 

in exhibition. Southern’s multiple brands give it the flexibility to approach growth on a national level. It enters the 

year just shy of a major milestone, with 463 screens currently in operation. 

SCREENS 

670 

SITES 

53 

SCREENS 

463 

SITES 

42 

8 

HARKINS THEATRES 

Scotssdale, AZ / harkinstheatres.com 

Harkins is looking forward to a busy year. The circuit already has expansion plans in place for 2016, with four new 

builds, state-of-the-art 16-screen sites already scheduled for the calendar year. The first pair are set to open in the 

spring in Redlands and Cerritos, California. The circuit’s home state of Arizona will be welcoming two new sites as 

well, in Goodyear and Flagstaff, scheduled to open in the fall. 

SCREENS 

446 

SITES 

31 

9 

+1 

TIE 

B&B THEATRES 

Kansas City, MO / bbtheatres.com 

B&B joined the top 10 in last year’s ranking following their acquisition of Dickinson Theatres. 2015 

marked a stable year for the circuit, which continued its investment in innovations and improvement. 

The company opened a state-of-the-art 12-screen theater in Wentzville, Missouri, in November that 

features recliner seating and a Marquee Bar and Grille for patrons wanting to enjoy food and cocktails 

during their trip to the movies. The Wentzville location is also the first in the circuit to feature two 

B&B Grand Screen auditoriums, wall-to-wall curved screens that stand over six stories wide and three 

stories tall. 

SCREENS 

409 

SITES 

50 

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NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS 

Norwood, MA / nationalamusements.com 

George Levitt (SVP Film) and John Bilsborough (SVP Operations) announced their retirement after over 40 

years working for National Amusements. The company promoted Mark Walukevich and Duncan Short to fill the 

respective roles. Walukevich, a 36-year veteran at National Amusements, oversees key tasks like international booking 

and event cinema as well as negotiations for U.S. theaters. Short, who has served 26 years at the company, is now 

fully in charge of operational leadership for National Amusements in the U.S. and abroad. 

SCREENS 

409 

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32 

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11 BOW TIE CINEMAS 

Ridgefield, CT / bowtiecinemas.com 

SCREENS SITES 

351 54 

31 CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT 

-2 Waite Park, MN / cectheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

151 19 

12 MALCO THEATRES 

Memphis, TB / malco.com 

SCREENS SITES 

349 44 

32 COMING ATTRACTIONS THEATRES 

-2 Ashland, OR / catheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

149 18 

13 GEORGIA THEATRE COMPANY 

+1 St. Simons Island,GA / georgiacinemacompany.com 

14 LANDMARK CINEMAS OF CANADA 

-1 Calgary, AB, Canada / landmarkcinemas.com 

SCREENS SITES 

326 32 

SCREENS SITES 

312 51 

TIE 

33 ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMAS 

+1 Austin, TX / drafthouse.com 

33 CINÉMAS GUZZO 

+1 Terrebonne, QC / Canada 

SCREENS SITES 

142 18 

SCREENS SITES 

142 10 

15 FRANK THEATRES 

Jupiter, FL / franktheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

282 25 

35 SANTIKOS THEATRES 

+1 San Antonio, TX / santikos.com 

SCREENS SITES 

129 9 

16 PREMIERE CINEMA 

+3 Big Spring, TX / pccmovies.com 

SCREENS SITES 

276 25 

36 GALAXY THEATRES 

+1 Sherman Oaks, CA / galaxytheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

115 11 

17 GOODRICH QUALITY THEATERS 

-1 Grand Rapids, MI / gqti.com 

SCREENS SITES 

273 30 

37 ALLEN THEATRES 

+1 Las Cruces, NM / allentheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

112 16 

18 LANDMARK THEATRES 

-1 Los Angeles, CA / landmarktheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

267 57 

38 CINÉPOLIS LUXURY THEATRES 

+17 Los Angeles, CA / cinepolisusa.com 

SCREENS SITES 

110 11 

19 READING CINEMAS USA 

-1 Los Angeles, CA / readingrdi.com 

SCREENS SITES 

252 27 

39 PARAGON THEATERS 

Jupiter, FL / paragontheaters.com 

new 

SCREENS SITES 

108 8 

20 STUDIO MOVIE GRILL 

+4 Dallas, TX / studiomoviegrill.com 

SCREENS SITES 

243 25 

40 WESTATES THEATRES 

-1 Salt Lake City, UT / westatestheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

107 22 

21 COBB THEATRES III 

-1 Birmingham, AL / cobbtheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

231 19 

41 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE 

-1 Cambridge, MA / yourneighborhoodtheatre.com 

SCREENS SITES 

105 14 

22 WEHRENBERG THEATRES 

St. Louis, MO / wehrenber.com 

23 PACIFIC THEATRES/ARCLIGHT CINEMAS 

+4 Los Angeles, CA / pacifictheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

213 15 

SCREENS SITES 

201 15 

TIE 

42 CLASSIC CINEMAS 

-1 Downers Grove, IL / classiccinemas.com 

42 MULLER FAMILY THEATRES 

-1 Lakeville, MN / mullerfamilytheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

104 13 

SCREENS SITES 

104 8 

24 REGENCY THEATRES 

-1 Agoura Hills, CA / regencymovies.com 

SCREENS SITES 

195 28 

44 MANN THEATRES 

-1 Bloomimgton, MN / manntheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

103 15 

25 LARRY H. MILLER THEATRES 

Sandy, UT / megaplextheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

193 19 

45 MITCHELL THEATRES 

-1 Elkhart, KS / mitchelltheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

100 13 

26 MARQUEE CINEMAS 

Beckley, WV / marqueecinemas.com 

SCREENS SITES 

175 17 

46 PHOENIX THEATRES ENTERTAINMENT 

-1 Knoxville, TN / phoenixtheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

97 10 

27 NCG (NEIGHBORHOOD CINEMAS GROUP) 

+5 Owosso, MI / ncgmovies.com 

SCREENS SITES 

160 17 

47 IPIC ENTERTAINMENT 

+13 Voca Raton, FL / ipic.com 

SCREENS SITES 

96 13 

28 CELEBRATION! CINEMA 

Grand Rapids, MI / celebrationcinema.com 

29 UNITED ENTERTAINMENT 

+4 Saint Cloud, MN / uecmovies.com 

SCREENS SITES 

156 12 

SCREENS SITES 

154 16 

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48 R.L. FRIDLEY THEATRES 

-2 Des Moines, IA / fridleytheatres.com 

48 ZYACORP ENTERTAINMENT 

-2 Bedford, NH / cinemagicmovies.com 

SCREENS SITES 

91 24 

SCREENS SITES 

91 8 

30 MJR THEATRES 

+1 Bloomfield Hills, MI / mjrtheatres.com 

SCREENS SITES 

153 10 

50 SOUTHEAST CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT 

+15 Charlotte, NC / southeastcinemas.com 

SCREENS SITES 

88 9 


CINEMA SHOWCASE 

Amherst Cinema 

A M H E R S T , M A S S . 

Submitted by Carol M. Johnson, Executive Director 

SCREENS 4 

CAPACITY 

CONSTRUCTION & 

INSTALLATION 

DIGITAL CONVERSION 

GUIDANCE ON 


PROJECTION SERVICE 

TOP TITLES: 

ALL TIME 

TOP PERFORMING 

CONCESSIONS 

Total of 300 seats, venues 

range from 25 to 182 seats 

Bright Star Systems 

Ballantyne Strong 

Boston Light & Sound 

Strong Technical Services 

Slumdog Millionaire 

(Fox Searchlight) 

Juno (Fox Searchlight) 

The King’s Speech 

(The Weinstein Company) 

Moonrise Kingdom 

(Focus Features) 

Midnight in Paris 

(Sony Pictures Classics) 

Craft beer, soda, popcorn 

History 

Amherst Cinema operated as a single-screen 600- 

seat commercial theater from the 1920s to 1999, when 

it closed. The derelict structure was rescued in 2001 by 

a group of visionary community leaders who worked 

on a purely volunteer basis for several years, raising 

millions to renovate the theater and open it as a nonprofit 

art-house cinema. Our theater opened in 2006 

with three screens and added a fourth in 2013. 

Audience 

Our audiences are intellectually curious, discriminating, 

and adventuresome. We are a premier arts 

destination and the sole venue for art-house cinema 

in western Massachusetts. Patrons come from a 25- 

mile radius and tell us that our theater is a very welcoming 

destination and offers compelling programs. 

We love to hear that—our goals are to be a crossroads 

for our big, wide community, to open new doors for 

audiences, and to provide a thoroughly enjoyable theatergoing 

experience. 

Amherst Cinema Exterior Walkway 

Photo by Lynne Graves Photography 

Courtesy of Visit Hampshire County 

Programming 

Our programming is clearly different from the 

commercial cinemas in our region; it is distinguished 

by our first-run art-house film, curated film series 

and special events, and educational program for 

school children. We often hear from our audiences 

that no one type of program draws them and that 

they deeply appreciate our offering so many different 

programs. Patrons tell us they trust our film selection 

and curatorship. 


Amherst Cinema Theater 1 

Photo by Gabriel Chicoine. Courtesy of Amherst Cinema. 

Showmanship 

We had a lot of fun recently with the Internet Cat Video Festival 

from the Walker Art Center. We promoted this program through 

social media, inviting patrons to send us images of their cats, which we 

showed onscreen before the program. (Audiences loved that!) We also 

partnered with a local animal shelter. Our late-night screening sold out 

to the college-age crowd, and our matinee drew families with children. 

What’s not to love about a full house of festively costumed cat lovers? 

We know that onscreen messaging in the theaters is crucially 

important to converting audiences to members and to promoting 

the film series and special events unique to our theater. We’re now 

creating our own trailers to speak directly with our audiences. 

Overall, our priority is curating diverse, top-flight programs. 

Once we set the program, then we figure out promotion. We use the 

traditional channels for all programming: website, weekly e-newsletter, 

social media, media releases, and e-mail. We also target groups 

and individuals we believe will be interested in a particular film or 

series. Hard copy works for us. Our quarterly newsletter is mailed to 

8,000 mailboxes. The newsletter also seems to evaporate out of our 

lobby. So do the lobby flyers we create. 

We have relationships with other nonprofits and with academic 

institutions, and host curated film series with these partners, who 

promote the programs among their own constituencies. Examples: 

art museums, environmental groups, food banks, language-study 

organizations, and women’s studies centers. We also advertise with a 

local radio station and provide content for their programs and radio 

hosts. 

Membership 

As with most arts organizations, ticket sales cover only a portion 

of our costs, so memberships are critical to our financial stability and 

make all our programming possible. Members get reduced admission 

to most programs, so there are economic benefits. We believe, 

though, that most people become members because they support 

what we do. Our members understand that independent cinema 

builds a strong and vibrant society and they want us to thrive. We 

have 5,000 members who are widely distributed over a 25-mile 

radius. We’re so pleased that membership keeps growing at 7 to 10 

percent a year. 

The Power of Cinema 

One of the great joys of our work is bringing rising and established 

filmmakers to our theater and connecting them on a deeper 

level with our inquisitive and appreciative audiences. We believe 

in the transformative power of cinema and the value of seeing the 

work with others as a shared experience. The deep conversations that 

follow feed our souls. n 


CINEMA SHOWCASE 

Submitted by Philip Cowan, Executive Director 

SCREENS 4 

CAPACITY 

INSTALLATION 

PROJECTORS 

GUIDANCE ON 


PROJECTION SERVICE 

TOP TITLES: 

2015 

TOP TITLES: 

HISTORICAL 

73 to 110 seats per screen 

Boston Light and Sound 

Christie Solaria 

Boston Light & Sound 

Strong Technical Services 

The Imitation Game 

(The Weinstein Company) 

Mr. Holmes (Roadside Attractions) 

Woman in Gold (The Weinstein Company) 

Spotlight (Open Road) 

Brooklyn (Fox Searchlight) 

It isn’t in our top 50 grossing films, but one of our 

favorite films at The Grand was the Australian comedy 

Kenny. Not many theaters in the U.S. played it (I believe 

we had about 20 percent of the entire U.S. gross from 

our cinema!), but our community really latched on to 

that a few years back. Discovering a film that no one else 

was playing was fun. 

TheGrandCinema 

T A C O M A , W A S H . 

History 

Our cinema is in a converted space from a 1920s Odd Fellows 

building (an older fraternal organization). Part of the building was 

remodeled into a three-screen (now four) cinema in 1995. Originally 

it was a for-profit enterprise, but that didn’t work and was about to 

go out of business. Local cinephiles stepped up to rescue the cinema, 

converting it to a nonprofit in 1997. The executive director, Philip 

Cowan, has been in the top position since 2006. Philip worked for a 

decade in minor league baseball before joining The Grand, keeping 

his self-made pledge to only take jobs that were fun. As The Grand 

does more things in the community, the staff continues to expand, 

adding one newly created position most years. 

Community 

The Grand has what is probably a standard art-house audience: 

slightly older, middle class or above, with more women than men. 


We do partnerships with local 

colleges such as University 

of Washington–Tacoma and 

Tacoma Community, but 

ultimately younger audiences 

compose a very small part of 

our audience. 

Programming 

Particularly during awards 

season, many of our films stay 

at The Grand for a couple of 

months. Because of this, we often 

heard “We want to see something 

new” from our frequent 

patrons, so we started a Tuesday 

film series. Every Tuesday we bring in a film that plays a matinee and 

an evening screening. This gives audiences a chance to see a new film 

every week. We play a lot of documentaries and foreign films on those 

days that we otherwise wouldn’t have room to play. Tuesdays are now 

our highest attended weekday because of this. Another event we created 

that is unique to The Grand is a festival for the filmmakers named by 

Filmmaker magazine as their 25 New Faces of Independent Film. For 

the last six years we have played the films of those filmmakers and flown 

them to Tacoma to present their work. Filmmakers who’ve attended 

consistently say it is their best festival experience ever, largely because it 

is like a mini film camp for them where the focus is on them. 

Cross Promotion 

We do well with environmental 

or progressive films and 

make efforts to get speakers 

for post-film discussions after 

as many as we can. Getting 

an interested organization to 

cross promote a screening is 

the absolute best way to draw 

an audience, so we try to 

find films that fit community 

interests. Recent examples 

include Bikes vs. Cars and The 

Messenger, a birding movie that 

easily sold out. 

Membership 

Members are a huge part of what we do at The Grand. We have 

about 7,000 members, and that continues to grow. We give two big 

perks that are important to our members: free small popcorn and access 

to a member’s only parking lot. We gave away over 30,000 orders 

of popcorn to our members last year, and everyone says it is the best 

popcorn anywhere. As for the parking, our cinema is on the border 

of downtown Tacoma and parking is scarce, especially during the day. 

We worked out a rental agreement with a neighborhood parking lot 

that was underutilized, and it has turned into a true win-win partnership 

for all involved. n 

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BOXOFFICE BREAKOUTS 

Six to Watch in 2016 

With the New Year comes a clean box office slate. 

It’s a foregone conclusion that most established 

franchise flicks like Batman v Superman: Dawn 

of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: 

Apocalypse, Finding Dory, Ghostbusters, 

Star Trek Beyond, and Rogue One: A Star 

Wars Story (among others) will find plenty 

of success thanks to built-in fan bases 

and pre-existing histories on the big 

screen. What about everything else, 

though? 

ZOOTOPIA March 3 

Disney’s in-house animation team is on a roll: Frozen, Big Hero 

6, and Tangled warmed many hearts over the past half decade, 

and this latest offering looks to corner family audiences during 

the spring box office season. The film’s teaser trailer featuring 

a sloth-run DMV office has played like gangbusters over the 

holidays in front of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so there’s little 

doubt parents already have this on their radar. DISNEY 

2016 looks to have many potential 

winners in store, making it difficult to 

narrow down this list. Without further 

ado, here are six films we think could 

have audiences talking enough to turn 

them into strong box office performers. 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE June 17 

After May’s Neighbors 2, this summer looks fairly light on adult-friendly 

comedies with big box office potential. That’s where Central Intelligence 

comes in with a mid-June opening, often a great launching pad for comedy 

hits during the pivotal season. What makes this one a sleeper contender? 

Five words: Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. Individually they bring enough 

appeal to casual moviegoers to sell most movies with their names alone. 

Putting them together may prove to be a stroke of marketing genius. 

WARNER BROS. 

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS July 8 

This summer will begin with Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory as the presumed animation 

champion of the year, but don’t count out the newest original idea from Illumination 

Entertainment. Featuring an all-star cast of comedic voice talent such as Louis C.K., 

Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet (among many more), and a widely appealing concept that 

asks what pets do all day when their owners are gone, The Secret Life of Pets will give 

parents just as much reason to check it out as their kids. The first trailer has received 

nearly unanimous praise since debuting in mid-2015, bringing to mind the kind of prerelease 

buzz enjoyed by the animation studio’s Despicable Me six years ago. This could 

prove to be one of the biggest hits of the summer. UNIVERSAL/ILLUMINATION 


SUICIDE SQUAD August 5 

If 2016 has a list of wild cards, this one is near the top. After Batman v 

Superman, the DC Cinematic Universe will veer into a decidedly non-Marvel 

direction with David Ayer’s (presumably) R-rated adaptation of a lesserknown 

comic property featuring a team of villains assembled to counter 

an unstoppable threat. Will Smith stars as one of the lead characters, and 

Jared Leto’s take on the Joker (the first in a live-action film since Heath 

Ledger in The Dark Knight) is highly anticipated—but we’re betting Margot 

Robbie’s Harley Quinn will be the talk of the town (and the inspiration for next 

Halloween’s most popular costume). WARNER BROS. / DC 

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN September 23 

Director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, Olympus Has Fallen) and his team 

have assembled an all-star cast for this modern update of John Sturges’s 

original western—not the least of which includes Denzel Washington and Chris 

Pratt. Westerns are still hard sells for today’s audiences, but the potent mix 

of veteran star power and proven young blood could produce a solid postsummer/pre-holiday 

hit. SONY 

DOCTOR STRANGE November 4 

Although part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this film represents a 

venture into the mystical worlds we haven’t yet seen in the eight years and 

many chapters since the first Iron Man. Disney and Marvel have cast the 

film brilliantly with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead as Stephen Strange, a 

surgeon who learns to harness the powers of magic after a life-altering car 

accident. It’s hard to question their ability to experiment with obscure and 

unknown (to the general public) characters after the successes of Guardians 

of the Galaxy and Ant-Man, and Cumberbatch’s legion of global fans will surely 

be eager to see him don a superhero persona. DISNEY/MARVEL 


TIMECODE 

AT THE DRIVE-IN 

WITH UNTAMED 

WOMEN IN NATURE 

IN THE RAW 

by Kenneth James Bacon 

n We’ll get to that title in a minute. 

I have been to a drive-in theater exactly 

once. It was so close to my home that I 

could sometimes receive the FM audio of 

whatever movie they were showing in my car 

as I rolled up my street. Puget Park Drive- 

In opened in 1971 in Snohomish County, 

Wash., and closed a few years ago to make 

way for a hospital—I’ve been there once 

too. But some years ago, having driven by 

the place hundreds of times (you could see 

the screen from the freeway), I decided to check it out. I remember the movie 

was Runaway Bride (because I’m easily talked into things) and the Friday night 

crowd was quite large. As they say in the parlance of an eldercare newsletter—a 

good time was had by all. Puget Park was okay (the bathrooms were clean), but 

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I would have really preferred to take a DeLorean back to 1955, 

when Chicago-area operator Stanford S. Kohlberg was a drive-in 

showman of the first order. 

Kohlberg owned the Starlite Drive-In, and movies weren’t the 

only thing on his mind. Profiled in the June 4, 1955, issue of Boxoffice, 

Kohlberg’s outdoor theater boasted a driving range, batting 

cage, outdoor ping-pong (in the 

Windy City?), ice skating rink, 

miniature golf, horseback riding 

(free hay!), an arcade, a motorcycle 

track, and an amusement 

park dubbed Kiddieland (all 

rides five cents). When he wasn’t 

hosting jitterbug contests he was 

projecting Lady and the Tramp 

and The Robe onto his 125-foot 

CinemasScope screen. Kohlberg 

eventually managed to expand his 

holdings to 50 drive-ins across 

four states. 

Now, about that title. 

A few years after Kohlberg 

appeared in the pages of Boxoffice, 

he hooked up with Chicago advertising executive Herschell Gordon 

Lewis, who had moved on from making commercials to making 

exploitation features. Kohlberg produced a few of them, including 

2,000 Maniacs, Blood Feast, and Color Me Blood Red. Perfect 

drive-in fodder to feed his theaters. Many films in the Lewis catalog 

were “nudie cuties,” a popular exploitation genre at the time. An 

hour or so in length, these featured the barest of plot and the barest 

of young woman. An early example was the Kohlberg-Lewis epic 

Boin-n-g shot in gloriously faded Eastmancolor. It was occasionally 

exhibited as Untamed Women in Nature in the Raw. The film stars 

veteran character actor William Kerwin (who was dating June 1963 

Playmate of the Month Connie 

Watson at the time) and Peter 

Falk–eyed Bill Johnson as two 

middle-aged men who decide 

to make a “nudie cutie” and 

hire four young women to frolic 

and cavort in various stages of 

undress. It’s all played as harmless 

comedy as the bumbling producers 

and their cameraman forget 

to put film in the camera, forget 

about removing the lens cap, and 

fall out of boats in their attempts 

to photograph the breasts and 

buttocks of their young charges. 

The bizarre musical score features 

a skating-rink organ and a bleating 

clarinet. The four pretty, but unnamed, women—Don Draper 

would quite like them—go to great lengths to expose all but the 

most private of parts while they undress, sit, prance, preen, and 

row a boat. They aren’t totally successful. I know this because I just 

watched all 70 naked minutes of it. You know—for science. n 

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GODS OF EGYPT 

FEB. 26 · LIONSGATE 

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DIR Alex Proyas 

GENRE Act/Adv/Fan 

SPECS 3D 

ZOOTOPIA 

MAR. 4 · DISNEY 

CAST Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin 

DIR Byron Howard, Rich Moore 

GENRE Ani/Adv/Fam 

SPECS 3D/Dolby Dig 

THE LITTLE PRINCE 

MAR. 18 · PARAMOUNT 

CAST Jeff Bridges, Mackenzie Foy 

DIR Mark Osborne 

GENRE Ani/Fan/Fam 


BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 

MAR. 25 · WARNER BROS. 

CAST Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck 

DIR Zack Snyder 

GENRE Act/Adv 

SPECS 3D/IMAX/Dolby Atmos 

THE JUNGLE BOOK 

APR. 15 · DISNEY 

CAST Neel Sethi, Bill Murray 

DIR Jon Favreau 

GENRE Adv/Fan/Ani 


A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 

APR. 29 · DISNEY/IMAX 

DIR Toni Myers 

GENRE Doc 

SPECS 3D/IMAX 

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 

MAY 6 · DISNEY 

CAST Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. 

DIR Anthony Russo, Joe Russo 

GENRE Act/Adv 


THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 

MAY 20 · SONY/COLUMBIA 

CAST Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad 

DIR Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly 

GENRE Ani/Com/Fam 


ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 

MAY 27 · DISNEY 

CAST Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska 

DIR James Bobin 

GENRE Adv/Fan 

SPECS 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 


ALSO UPCOMING IN 3D 

2016 

MAY 27 FOX X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 

JUN 3 

PARAMOUNT 

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: 

OUT OF THE SHADOWS 

JUN 10 UNIVERSAL WARCRAFT 

JUN 17 DISNEY FINDING DORY 

JUN 24 FOX INDEPENDENCE DAY RESURGENCE 

JUL 1 DISNEY/DREAMWORKS THE BFG 

JUL 1 WARNER BROS. THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 

JUL 8 UNIVERSAL THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 

JUL 15 SONY/COLUMBIA GHOSTBUSTERS 

JUL 22 FOX ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE 

JUL 22 PARAMOUNT STAR TREK BEYOND 

AUG 5 WARNER BROS. SUICIDE SQUAD 

AUG 12 DISNEY PETE’S DRAGON 

AUG 12 UNIVERSAL SPECTRAL 

AUG 19 FOCUS FEATURES KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 

SEP 23 WARNER BROS. STORKS 

NOV 4 DISNEY DOCTOR STRANGE 

NOV 4 FOX/DREAMWORKS ANIMATION TROLLS 

NOV 11 SONY/TRISTAR BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK 

NOV 18 WARNER BROS. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 

NOV 23 DISNEY MOANA 

NOV 23 UNIVERSAL THE GREAT WALL 

DEC 16 DISNEY ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 

2017 

JAN 13 WARNER BROS. GEOSTORM 

JAN 13 PARAMOUNT MONSTER TRUCKS 

JAN 27 SONY/SCREEN GEMS RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER 

FEB 10 WARNER BROS. THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE 

FEB 17 WARNER BROS. KING ARTHUR 

MAR 10 FOX/DREAMWORKS ANIMATION THE BOSS BABY 

MAR 10 WARNER BROS. KONG: SKULL ISLAND 

MAR 17 DISNEY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 

MAR 31 DISNEY/DREAMWORKS GHOST IN THE SHELL 

MAR 31 SONY/COLUMBIA GET SMURFY 

APR 7 FOX FERDINAND 

MAY 5 DISNEY GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 

MAY 26 

DISNEY 

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: 

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES 

JUN 16 DISNEY CARS 3 

JUL 28 SONY/COLUMBIA UNTITLED SPIDER-MAN FILM 

SEP 22 WARNER BROS. THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE 

OCT 6 WARNER BROS. THE JUNGLE BOOK: ORIGINS 

NOV. 3 DISNEY THOR: RAGNAROK 

NOV 22 DISNEY COCO 

DEC 8 SONY/COLUMBIA THE LAMB 

DEC 15 DISNEY STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII 

DEC 22 FOX/DREAMWORKS ANIMATION THE CROODS 2 

2018 

FEB 9 WARNER BROS. UNTITLED WARNER ANIMATION PROJECT 

FEB 16 DISNEY BLACK PANTHER 

FEB 16 FOX/DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LARRIKINS 

MAR 9 DISNEY GIGANTIC 

MAR 23 FOX ANUBIS 

MAY 4 DISNEY AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PART I 

MAY 18 WARNER BROS. THE LEGO MOVIE SEQUEL 

MAY 25 DISNEY UNTITLED HAN SOLO PROJECT 

JUN 15 DISNEY TOY STORY 4 

JUN 29 FOX/DREAMWORKS ANIMATION HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3 

JUL 6 DISNEY ANT-MAN AND THE WASP 

JUL 7 SONY/COLUMBIA SPIDER-MAN 

SEP 21 SONY/COLUMBIA HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 

NOV 21 DISNEY UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION FILM 1 

2019 

MAR 8 DISNEY CAPTAIN MARVEL 

MAY 3 DISNEY AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PART II 

JUN 21 DISNEY THE INCREDIBLES 2 

JUL 12 DISNEY INHUMANS 


2020 

MAR 13 DISNEY UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION FILM 1 

JUN 19 DISNEY UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION FILM 2 



FILMMAKER INTERVIEW 

NOTES FROM 

THE UNDERWORLD 

JOHN HILLCOAT’S LATEST 

FILM, TRIPLE 9, BRINGS US A 

GRITTY CRIME DRAMA THAT 

HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH 

THE NEW HOLLYWOOD OF THE 

1970S THAN TODAY’S GLOSSY 

PRODUCTIONS 

by Daniel Loria 

A 

stark, uncompromising crime drama with an ensemble 

cast of morally ambiguous characters, Triple 9 very much 

feels like a film from a different era. The film’s screenplay 

first drew attention after its inclusion on the popular 

Black List, a ranking of the best unproduced screenplays, back in 

2010. It wouldn’t be until Australian director John Hillcoat (The 

Road) became attached, however, that the project began to build 

momentum. It was clear from the beginning that the production 

needed a cast as strong as its screenplay, thus beginning a multiyear 

pre-production saga to pull together an ensemble of actors that 

could commit to the film’s shooting schedule. After multiple false 

starts, Triple 9 finally entered production anchored by strong performances 

from Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron 

Paul, Norman Reedus, Woody Harrelson, and Kate Winslet. The film 

draws its title from the police code that indicates “officer down,” a 

last-resort tactic that a renegade group of dirty cops and ex–special 

ops agents employ in order to create a distraction to pull off one 

last heist. Boxoffice spoke with director John Hillcoat on the making 

of the film and its heart-thumping action set pieces. 

Bank robberies are one of those unforgettable vicarious 

thrills that the cinema affords us. If executed well, they’re 

impossible to forget. Classics like Gun Crazy, The Friends 

of Eddie Coyle, and Heat are just a couple that come to 

mind. How did you want to approach the way you shot 

your own heists in the film? 

I find action very interesting when you try to ground it. That’s 

when you get unpredictability. If you ever talk with guys that have 

been around those sorts of situations, they’ll tell you it’s always 

messy, chaotic, and unpredictable. I spoke with several advisers, 

people who advised Michael Mann in Heat and contributed to the 

Bourne Identity series, and I went to YouTube to research live-action 

actual robberies, police shootings, all that kind of stuff that is now 

accessible. I also looked at DVDs that I love, like the big shootout 

in The Getaway—I think Peckinpah was one of the masters of 

action. [His work] has something that has always stood out for 

me: focusing on the reactions of everyday people. That’s the sort of 

detail I was going after: bank tellers wetting themselves with fear, 

that kind of messy realism. We researched as much as we could and 


time of shooting I made sure we had enough coverage for 

when it came time to edit; that was very important. 

You put together a great ensemble cast in this 

film. What was the biggest challenge of bringing 

such a talented group together? 

I’ve worked with ensembles quite a bit in my time, 

but this was the biggest and most stressful. It was because 

of the schedule juggling and less to do with the different 

personalities. Everyone on board were serious actors 

genuinely excited about the project, and they fired off one 

another like in a play where everyone is reacting to each 

other onstage. There was a communal aspect to it, like a 

family; everyone raised their game because of that interaction. 

That’s when you know they’re not just interested 

in the spotlight—it doesn’t have to be on them the whole 

time. It was a nightmare when dealing with their schedules, 

though. These are working actors who are very busy. 

were very specific about details like what happens when a body is 

Tasered. It all had to do with research in both the real world and 

the cinematic world. I find that’s the aesthetic that best keeps you 

on edge, when it’s rooted in reality, as opposed to some recent 

crime thrillers that are becoming more and more divorced from 

that reality. It’s become overly stylized and cartoonish. I wanted to 

return to those great films and worlds that I find more interesting, 

those that have one foot in reality. 

Getting those scenes right is crucial for the film to work; 

were you pressured by that? 

I’m never relaxed, and when you’re juggling so many characters 

there’s an additional challenge to it. I did have the benefit of research, 

as I mentioned, and a lot of the gang unit officers who appear alongside 

Anthony Mackie in the film are the actual guys from the unit. 

A lot of the extras that appear as the Latino gang members are actual 

ex–gang members. We used a lot of SWAT-trained police advisers on 

set and on camera. Actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor were trained by Navy 

SEAL guys. We used different advisers for different situations. At the 

The theme of good versus evil is present 

throughout the film, and it’s never depicted in a 

black or white manner, especially where religion is 

concerned. 

I tried to find a matter-of-fact authenticity wherever 

I could, and shooting the film in the South, in Atlanta, I 

noticed in the gang unit that most of the guys were very 

religious. When facing such extreme situations, sometimes 

people lean on certain beliefs that help rationalize that chaos. 

I was intrigued by that and how there are two sides of the 

fence; doing things in the name of religion can sometimes 

be very dangerous. I find that morality, when it comes to 

extreme action and violence, is never black and white, but 

religious dogma sometimes does tend to make things black 

and white. That’s why I tried to present, on one level, how 

these high ethical codes are leaned on to help justify actions, 

and in the end you can see how damaging and compromised 

those actions really are. I really wanted to get those layers 

across. I don’t believe that life is black and white, especially 

when it comes to high stakes and serious moral dilemmas, 

and when it comes to violence there is no true victor—everyone 

is tainted by that experience. I wasn’t trying to single 

out anyone in particular—when depicting law enforcement, a lot of 

them turned to Christianity, and the pecking order of the world’s top 

organized crime association used to be the Italian Mafia, who were 

Catholic, and today it is the Jewish Russian mob. It’s all very well documented, 

and I didn’t want to cast an aspersion on any religion. It’s just 

trying to be truthful to those specific characters. 

What sort of films have inspired your career as a filmmaker 

the most? 

I’ve been very influenced by world cinema, but the reason I’m 

comfortable working in America is my love of genre films. I love 

the type of films that test characters and the great American genres 

like westerns and crime films—to me they reached a high point in 

the ’70s when they mixed the skill set of the studio system with the 

maverick film school students that were influenced by world cinema. 

It was a hotbed of creativity that has now been going on in TV over 

the past 10 years or so. For me the ’70s were like the renaissance following 

the golden years of Hollywood that spanned from the 1940s 

to the ’60s. It was definitely the high-water mark. n 


FILM CAPSULES BY JONATHAN PAPISH 

HAIL, CAESAR! 


n The Coen Brothers return 

after 2013’s Inside Llewyn Davis 

($33M) with the comedy Hail, 

Caesar! in which Hollywood “fixer” 

Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) 

is tasked with retrieving star 

Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) 

after he is kidnapped during 

the production of his upcoming 

film entitled Hail, Caesar. The 

film will open the Berlin Film 

Festival on February 11. 

DISTRIBUTOR UNIVERSAL 

CAST JOSH BROLIN, GEORGE 

CLOONEY, SCARLETT 

JOHANSSON, ALDEN 

EHRENREICH, RALPH FIENNES, 

JONAH HILL, FRANCES 

MCDORMAND, TILDA SWINTON, 

CHANNING TATUM DIRECTORS 

JOEL COEN, ETHAN COEN 

GENRE COMEDY / DRAMA / 

MUSICAL RATING PG-13 FOR 

SOME SUGGESTIVE CONTENT 

AND SMOKING RUNNING TIME 

TBD 

THE CHOICE 


n Yet another film adaptation from 

American romantic-drama novelist 

Nicholas Sparks, The Choice is about 

two neighbors in a small coastal town 

who fall in love at first sight. Starting 

with Message in a Bottle in 2009, this 

is the 11th big-screen adaptation of a 

Sparks novel, and while each film has 

been critically maligned, as a group 

they have gone on to gross $866 million 

worldwide. 

DISTRIBUTOR LIONSGATE CAST 

BENJAMIN WALKER, TERESA PALMER, 

MAGGIE GRACE, ALEXANDRA 

DADDARIO, TOM WELLING, TOM 

WILKINSON DIRECTOR ROSS KATZ 

GENRE DRAMA / ROMANCE RATING 

PG-13 FOR SEXUAL CONTENT AND 

SOME THEMATIC ISSUES RUNNING TIME 

111 MIN. 


PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 

AND ZOMBIES 


n A mashup of Jane Austen’s classic 

1813 novel and the modern zombie 

genre, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 

is adapted from the popular 2009 novel 

of the same name, which climbed as 

high as No. 3 on the New York Times 

bestseller list. Several directors were 

signed on since the film’s inception six 

years ago including David O. Russell 

(Joy), Mike White (HBO’s Enlightenment), 

and Craig Gillespie (Lars and 

the Real Girl) before Burr Steers (Igby 

Goes Down) took over and rewrote the 

script to his liking. 

DISTRIBUTOR SONY PICTURES / 

SCREEN GEMS CAST LILY JAMES, 

SAM RILEY, JACK HUSTON, BELLA 

HEATHCOTE, DOUGLAS BOOTH, 

MATT SMITH, CHARLES DANCE, LENA 

HEADEY DIRECTOR BURR STEERS 

GENRE ACTION / HORROR / ROMANCE 

RATING PG-13 FOR ZOMBIE VIOLENCE 

AND ACTION AND BRIEF SUGGESTIVE 

MATERIAL RUNNING TIME TBD 

HOW TO BE SINGLE 


n How to Be Single follows a group of 

young unmarrieds in New York City as 

they sleep around in the city that never 

sleeps. Christian Ditter (Love, Rosie) 

directs the comedy from a screenplay 

by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein 

(The Vow, He’s Just Not That Into You) 

and Dana Fox (Couples Retreat, What 

Happens in Vegas) adapted from the 

debut novel by Liz Tuccillo. 

DISTRIBUTOR WARNER BROS. / NEW 

LINE CINEMA CAST DAKOTA JOHNSON, 

REBEL WILSON, ALISON BRIE, LESLIE 

MANN, DAMON WAYANS JR., ABBY 

KOHN, MARC SILVERSTEIN, DANA FOX 

DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN DITTER GENRE 

COMEDY / ROMANCE RATING R FOR 

SEXUAL CONTENT AND STRONG 

LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT RUNNING 

TIME TBD 


ON SCREEN > WIDE RELEASES 

DEADPOOL 

February 12 (IMAX) 

n After being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with special 

abilities, former special ops agent Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) adopts 

the alter ego Deadpool and hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his 

life. The film, part of the X-Men cinematic universe, was in development 

for more than a decade when 20th Century Fox picked up the rights from 

New Line Cinema. A sequel is already in development. 

DISTRIBUTOR 20TH CENTURY FOX CAST RYAN REYNOLDS, MORENA 

BACCARIN, ED SKREIN, T.J. MILLER, GINA CARANO, BRIANNA HILDEBRAND 

DIRECTOR TIM MILLER GENRE ACTION / ADVENTURE / SCI-FI RATING 

R FOR STRONG VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT, SEXUAL 

CONTENT, AND GRAPHIC NUDITY RUNNING TIME 106 MIN. 

ZOOLANDER 2 


n Blue Steel returns 

in this sequel to the 

hit 2001 comedy. This 

time Zoolander (Ben 

Stiller) and Hansel 

(Owen Wilson), irrelevant 

models in 2016, 

are pitted against a new 

and different world 

order of high fashion. 

Meanwhile, Zoolander’s 

rival, Mugatu 

(Will Ferrell), has been set free and seeks revenge. Stiller and Wilson crashed Paris 

Fashion Week last year in character as part of the film’s viral marketing. 

DISTRIBUTOR PARAMOUNT PICTURES CAST BEN STILLER, OWEN WILSON, 

WILL FERRELL, PENÉLOPE CRUZ, KRISTEN WIIG, FRED ARMISEN DIRECTOR BEN 

STILLER GENRE COMEDY RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 100 MIN. 

RACE 


n The first feature biopic 

of famed African 

American athlete Jesse 

Owens, Race depicts 

the track and field 

star’s triumph at the 

1936 Olympics where 

he faces off against 

Adolf Hitler’s vision of 

Aryan supremacy. The 

film is being backed 

by Owens’s family, as 

well as the Luminary Group, an intellectual property management company that 

represents the estate of Jesse Owens. Canadian actor Stephan James (Selma) plays 

Owens, replacing John Boyega because of his commitment to The Force Awakens. 

DISTRIBUTOR FOCUS FEATURES CAST STEPHAN JAMES, JASON SUDEIKIS, 

JEREMY IRONS, WILLIAM HURT DIRECTOR STEPHEN HOPKINS GENRE 

BIOGRAPHY / DRAMA / SPORTS RATING PG-13 FOR THEMATIC ELEMENTS AND 

LANGUAGE RUNNING TIME TBD 


RISEN 


n Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman military tribune, 

and his aide Lucius (Peter Firth) must solve the mystery of what 

happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in 

order to disprove the rumors of the risen Messiah and prevent an 

uprising in Jerusalem. Risen follows War Room, also produced by 

Sony’s subsidiary Affirm Films, as the studio 

moves into the realm of faith-based evangelical films. 

DISTRIBUTOR COLUMBIA PICTURES CAST JOSEPH FIENNES, TOM 

FELTON DIRECTOR KEVIN REYNOLDS GENRE ACTION / ADVEN- 

TURE / DRAMA RATING PG-13 FOR BIBLICAL VIOLENCE INCLUD- 

ING SOME DISTURBING IMAGES RUNNING TIME 107 MIN. 

EDDIE THE EAGLE 


n This sports dramedy stars Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret 

Service) as real-life skier Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, who 

became the first representative of Great Britain to compete in 

Olympic ski jumping during the 1988 Winter Olympics held in 

Calgary. Egerton is flanked by a strong supporting cast that 

features Hugh Jackman and Christopher Walken. 

DISTRIBUTOR FOX CAST TARON EGERTON, HUGH JACKMAN, 

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN DIRECTOR DEXTER FLETCHER GENRE 

DRAMA / COMEDY RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 115 MIN. 


ON SCREEN > WIDE RELEASES 

GODS OF EGYPT 

February 26 (3D) 

n A young thief in ancient Egypt seeks to dethrone and defeat the 

all-powerful God of Darkness in this fantasy film from Australian 

director Alex Proyas (I, Robot). The film came under fire 

for whitewashing its Egyptian characters after it released a set of 

posters featuring the predominantly white cast, and both Proyas 

and Lionsgate publicly apologized for not considering diversity 

when casting the film. 

DISTRIBUTOR LIONSGATE CAST NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU, 

BRENTON THWAITES, GERARD BUTLER, GEOFFREY RUSH 

DIRECTOR ALEX PROYAS GENRE ADVENTURE / FANTASY RATING 

RATED PG-13 FOR FANTASY VIOLENCE AND ACTION, AND SOME 

SEXUALITY RUNNING TIME 110 MIN. 

TRIPLE 9 


n A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan an 

elaborate heist involving the murder of a young rookie 

cop in order to pay off the Russian mafia. The project 

was first announced in August 2010 after director John 

Hillcoat (Lawless) read first-timer Matt Cook’s script, 

which was included on the Black List that year. Triple 

9 went through many casting changes, including at 

one time Shia LaBeouf, Christoph Waltz, and Cate 

Blanchett, since arranging schedules for eight main 

characters proved to be challenging. 

DISTRIBUTOR OPEN ROAD FILMS CAST CASEY 

AFFLECK, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, ANTHONY MACKIE, 

AARON PAUL, NORMAN REEDUS, WOODY HARRELSON, 

KATE WINSLET DIRECTOR JOHN HILLCOAT GENRE 

CRIME / DRAMA RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 115 MIN. 


RAMS 


n In a secluded Icelandic valley, two estranged 

brothers must reunite after nearly 40 

years of silence to save their flock of infected 

sheep from authorities hell-bent on containing 

the outbreak. Rams won the top prize in 

the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 

Cannes Film Festival. 

DISTRIBUTOR COHEN MEDIA GROUP 

CAST CHARLOTTE BØVING, GUDRUN 

SVEINBJORNSDOTTIR, JON BENONYSSON, 

JORUNDUR RAGNARSSON, PORLEIFUR 

EINARSSON, SIGURDUR SIGURJÓNSSON, 

SVEINN ÓLAFUR GUNNARSSON, 

THEODÓR JÚLÍUSSON DIRECTOR GRÍMUR 

HÁKONARSON GENRE DRAMA RATING 

R FOR LANGUAGE AND BRIEF GRAPHIC 

NUDITY RUNNING TIME 97 MIN. 

THE CLUB 


n A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic 

Church to a small Chilean seaside town 

where exiled priests and nuns, suspected 

of crimes ranging from child abuse to 

baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live 

secluded lives to purge the sins of their past. 

DISTRIBUTOR MUSIC BOX FILMS CAST 

ALFREDO CASTRO, ROBERTO FARÍAS, 

ANTONIA ZEGERS, JAIME VADELL, 

ALEJANDRO GOIC, ALEJANDRO SIEVEKING, 

MARCELO ALONSO, JOSÉ SOZA, FRANCISCO 

REYES DIRECTOR PABLO LARRAÍN GENRE 

DRAMA RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 98 MIN. 

REGRESSION 


n Spanish Academy Award–winning director 

Alejandro Amenábar (The Sea Inside) 

brings viewers to Minnesota circa 1990 

in this thriller starring Ethan Hawke and 

Emma Watson. When Detective Bruce Kenner 

(Hawke) probes young victim Angela 

Gray (Watson), she accuses her father, John, 

of sexual abuse. A renowned psychologist is 

brought in to help John relive his memories 

of the crime he has no memory committing, 

and together they uncover a terrifying 

nationwide conspiracy. 

DISTRIBUTOR THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY 

CAST ETHAN HAWKE, EMMA WATSON, 

DAVID DENCIK, DAVID THEWLIS DIRECTOR 

ALEJANDRO AMENÁBAR GENRE THRILLER 

RATING RATED R FOR DISTURBING 

VIOLENT AND SEXUAL CONTENT, AND FOR 

LANGUAGE RUNNING TIME 106 MIN. 


ON SCREEN > LIMITED RELEASES 

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT 


Have you ever traveled abroad and thought to yourself, “Hmm, 

why isn’t America more like this?” In his latest documentary, 

Michael Moore takes this sentiment and playfully invades other 

nations to learn what the United States can gain from them. From 

employee benefits in Italy to free higher education in Slovenia, from 

Norway’s rehabilitating penal system to healthy school lunches 

in France, Where to Invade Next forces Americans to take a long, 

hard look at our existing systems and the myriad problems that lay 

within them. 

DISTRIBUTOR DOG EAT DOG FILMS DIRECTOR MICHAEL MOORE 

GENRE DOCUMENTARY RATING R FOR LANGUAGE, SOME VIOLENT 

IMAGES, DRUG USE, AND BRIEF GRAPHIC NUDITY RUNNING TIME 

110 MIN. 

REMEMBER 


Two elderly Holocaust survivors go in search of an Auschwitz 

prison guard to bring justice to the man responsible for the 

deaths of their families. At the 2015 Calgary International Film 

Festival, Remember tied with Room, another release from distributor 

A24 films, for the Audience Choice Award in the Best 

Narrative Feature category. A24 has had a string of successful 

films this past year with Ex Machina and Amy in addition to the 

aforementioned Room. 

DISTRIBUTOR A24 FILMS CAST CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, MARTIN 

LANDAU, BRUNO GANZ, JÜRGEN PROCHNOW, HEINZ LIEVEN, 

HENRY CZERNY, DEAN NORRIS DIRECTOR ATOM EGOYAN GENRE 

DRAMA / THRILLER RATING R FOR A SEQUENCE OF VIOLENCE AND 

LANGUAGE RUNNING TIME 95 MIN. 


TOUCHED WITH FIRE 


Two manic depressives (Katie Holmes and 

Luke Kirby) meet in a psychiatric hospital 

and begin a romance that brings out all of 

the beauty and horror of their condition. 

Dalio wrote, directed, edited, and scored 

the movie based on his own experiences 

with bipolar disorder, and Spike Lee, 

Dalio’s professor at NYU Tisch, signed on 

as an executive producer. It premiered at 

this year’s SXSW Film Festival with the 

title Mania Days before being acquired by 

Roadside Attractions. 

DISTRIBUTOR ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS 

CAST KATIE HOLMES, LUKE KIRBY, 

CHRISTINE LAHTI, GRIFFIN DUNNE, BRUCE 

ALTMAN DIRECTOR PAUL DALIO GENRE 

DRAMA / ROMANCE RATING R FOR 

LANGUAGE, A DISTURBING IMAGE, BRIEF 

SEXUALITY, AND DRUG USE RUNNING 

TIME 110 MIN. 

COLLIDING DREAMS 

February 19 (NYC) 

March 4 (LA) 

In the comprehensive Colliding Dreams, 

documentarians Joseph Dorman and Oren 

Rudavsky explore the little understood 

and often disorted meaning of Zionism 

against the backdrop of the century-old 

Middle East conflict between Israel and 

Palestine. The film features interviews 

from scholars and academics well versed in 

the Zionist movement, but also ordinary 

Israeli and Palestinian citizens caught in 

the middle of this fierce conflict. 

DISTRIBUTOR INTERNATIONAL FILM 

CIRCUIT DIRECTORS JOSEPH DORMAN, 

OREN RUDAVSKY GENRE DOCUMENTARY 

RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 165 MIN. 

NEERJA 


Neerja tells the true story of flight attendant 

Neerja Bhanot, who bravely saved 

the lives of passengers aboard a hijacked 

Pan Am flight in 1986. The film will 

receive a U.S. day-and-date release with 

India through Fox International Productions. 

DISTRIBUTOR FOX INTERNATIONAL 

PRODUCTIONS CAST SONAM KAPOOR, 

SHEKHAR RAVJIANI, SHABANA AZMI 

DIRECTOR RAM MADHVANI GENRE 

BIOGRAPHY RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 

TBD 


BOOKING GUIDE 

Compiled by Daniel Garris 

TITLE RELEASE DATE STARS DIRECTOR(S) RATING GENRE SPECS 

DISNEY 818-560-1000 Ask for Distribution 

ZOOTOPIA 

Fri, 3/4/16 WIDE 

Jason Bateman, Ginnifer 

Goodwin 

Byron Howard, Rich 

Moore 

PG Ani/Adv/Fam 3D/Dolby Atmos 

THE JUNGLE BOOK Fri, 4/15/16 WIDE Neel Sethi, Bill Murray Jon Favreau NR Adv/Fan/Ani 

3D/IMAX/Dolby 

Atmos 

A BEAUTIFUL PLANET Fri, 4/29/16 LTD. Toni Myers NR Doc 3D/IMAX 

CAPTAIN AMERICA: 

CIVIL WAR 

ALICE THROUGH 

THE LOOKING GLASS 


Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. 

Anthony Russo, Joe 

Russo 

NR 

Act/Adv 

3D/IMAX/Dolby 

Atmos 

Fri, 5/27/16 WIDE Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska James Bobin PG Adv/Fan 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

FINDING DORY Fri, 6/17/16 WIDE Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks Andrew Stanton NR Ani/Adv/Fam 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

THE BFG Fri, 7/1/16 WIDE Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill Steven Spielberg NR Adv/Fan/Fam 3D/Dolby Dig 

PETE’S DRAGON 

DOCTOR STRANGE 

Fri, 8/12/16 WIDE 

Fri, 11/4/16 WIDE 

Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas 

Howard 

Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel 

Ejiofor 

MOANA Wed, 11/23/16 WIDE Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson 

ROGUE ONE: 

A STAR WARS STORY 

David Lowery NR Fan/Fam/Ani 3D 

Scott Derrickson NR Act/Adv 3D/IMAX 

Ron Clements, John 

Musker 

NR Ani/Mus/Fam 3D 

Fri, 12/16/16 WIDE Felicity Jones, Diego Luna Gareth Edwards NR Act/Adv/SF 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Fri, 3/17/17 WIDE Emma Watson, Dan Stevens Bill Condon NR Mus/Rom/Fan 3D 

GHOST IN THE SHELL Fri, 3/31/17 WIDE Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk Rupert Sanders NR Act/Thr/SF 3D 

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 

VOL. 2 

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: 

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES 

Fri, 5/5/17 WIDE Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana James Gunn NR Act/Adv/SF 3D/IMAX 

Fri, 5/26/17 WIDE 

Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom 

Joachim Rønning, Espen 

Sandberg 

NR Act/Adv 3D/IMAX 

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SHUT IN Fri, 6/17/16 WIDE Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt Farren Blackburn NR Thr 

THE LAKE Fri, 7/15/16 WIDE Sullivan Stapleton, J.K. Simmons Steven Quale NR Act/Thr 

NINE LIVES Fri, 8/5/16 WIDE Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner Barry Sonnenfeld NR Com 

FOCUS FEATURES 424-214-6360 

RACE Fri, 2/19/16 WIDE Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis Stephen Hopkins PG-13 Dra/Sport Dolby Dig 

LONDON HAS FALLEN Fri, 3/4/16 WIDE Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart Babak Najafi NR Act/Thr Dolby Dig 

THE YOUNG MESSIAH Fri, 3/11/16 WIDE Adam Greaves-Neal, Sara Lazzaro Cyrus Nowrasteh PG-13 Dra Dolby Dig 

RATCHET & CLANK Fri, 4/29/16 WIDE James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye 

Jericca Cleland, Kevin 

Munroe 

PG Ani/SF/Adv Dolby Dig 

KUBO AND THE 

TWO STRINGS 

Fri, 8/19/16 WIDE 

Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey 

Travis Knight NR Ani/Adv/Fam 3D 

A MONSTER CALLS Fri, 10/14/16 WIDE Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson J.A. Bayona NR Dra/Fan 

FOX 310-369-1000 / 212-556-2400 

DEADPOOL Fri, 2/12/16 WIDE Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin Tim Miller R Act/Adv IMAX/Dolby Atmos 

EDDIE THE EAGLE Fri, 2/26/16 WIDE Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman Dexter Fletcher NR 

Com/Dra/ 

Sport 

THE OTHER SIDE 

OF THE DOOR 

Fri, 3/11/16 MOD. Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto Johannes Roberts R Hor 

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 

Fri, 5/27/16 WIDE 

James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 

Bryan Singer NR Act/Adv 3D/Dolby Atmos 

INDEPENDENCE DAY: 

RESURGENCE 

Fri, 6/24/16 WIDE Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum Roland Emmerich NR Act/Adv/SF 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

MIKE & DAVE NEED 

WEDDING DATES 

Fri, 7/8/16 WIDE Zac Efron, Adam DeVine Jake Szymanski NR Com 



ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE Fri, 7/22/16 WIDE Ray Romano, John Leguizamo Mike Thurmeier NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D/Dolby Dig 

A CURE FOR WELLNESS Fri, 9/23/16 WIDE Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth Gore Verbinski NR Hor/Thr Dolby Dig 

GAMBIT Fri, 10/7/16 WIDE Channing Tatum, Lea Seydoux Doug Liman NR Act/Adv 

TROLLS Fri, 11/4/16 WIDE Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake Mike Mitchell NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D 

WHY HIM? Fri, 11/11/16 WIDE Bryan Cranston, James Franco John Hamburg NR Com 

ASSASSIN’S CREED 

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME 

FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 

Wed, 12/21/16 WIDE 

Michael Fassbender, Marion 

Cotillard 

Justin Kurzel NR Act/Adv Dolby Dig 

Sun, 12/25/16 WIDE Eva Green, Asa Butterfield Tim Burton NR Adv/Fan 

HIDDEN FIGURES Fri, 1/13/17 WIDE Ted Melfi NR Dra 

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US Fri, 2/10/17 WIDE Rosamund Pike, Charlie Hunnam Hany Abu-Assad NR Dra/Rom 

MAZE RUNNER: 

THE DEATH CURE 

Fri, 2/17/17 WIDE Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario Wes Ball NR SF/Thr IMAX 

WOLVERINE Fri, 3/3/17 WIDE Hugh Jackman James Mangold NR Act/Adv IMAX 

THE BOSS BABY Fri, 3/10/17 WIDE Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey Tom McGrath NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D 

FERDINAND Fri, 4/7/17 WIDE Carlos Saldanha NR Ani/Fam 3D 

MOTHER/DAUGHTER Fri, 5/12/17 WIDE Amy Schumer Jonathan Levine NR Com 

KINGSMAN 2 Fri, 6/16/17 WIDE Taron Egerton NR Act/Thr 

FOX SEARCHLIGHT 212-556-2400 

DEMOLITION Fri, 4/8/16 LTD. Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts Jean-Marc Vallée R Dra/Rom Dolby Dig 

A BIGGER SPLASH Fri, 5/6/16 LTD. Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton Luca Guadagnino R Dra/Thr 

LIONSGATE 310-309-8400 

THE CHOICE Fri, 2/5/16 WIDE Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer Ross Katz PG-13 Dra/Rom 

BUSCO NOVIO 

PARA MI MUJER 

GODS OF EGYPT 

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: 

ALLEGIANT 

Fri, 2/19/16 MOD. 

Fri, 2/26/16 WIDE 

Arath de la Torre, Sandra 

Echeverría 

Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 

Enrique Begne NR Rom/Com 

Alex Proyas PG-13 Act/Adv/Fan 3D 

Fri, 3/18/16 WIDE Shailene Woodley, Theo James Robert Schwentke NR Act/Adv/SF IMAX 

CRIMINAL Fri, 4/15/16 WIDE Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds Ariel Vromen NR Act/Cri/Thr 

COMPADRES Fri, 4/22/16 MOD. Omar Chaparro, Kevin Pollak Enrique Begne NR Act/Com 

NOW YOU SEE ME 2 Fri, 6/10/16 WIDE Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg Jon M. Chu NR Cri/Thr 

LA LA LAND Fri, 7/15/16 WIDE Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone Damien Chazelle NR Mus/Rom Dolby Dig 

MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Fri, 8/26/16 WIDE Jason Statham, Jessica Alba Dennis Gansel NR Act/Thr Dolby Dig 

DEEPWATER HORIZON Fri, 9/30/16 WIDE Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell Peter Berg NR Dra/Act/Thr IMAX 

MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST 

YEARS OF MY LIFE 

Fri, 10/7/16 WIDE Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham Steve Carr NR Com/Fam 

BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN Fri, 10/21/16 WIDE Tyler Perry, Bella Thorne Tyler Perry NR Com/Hor 

UNTITLED LIONSGATE HOR- 

ROR FILM 

THE SHACK 

Fri, 10/28/16 WIDE NR Hor 

Fri, 11/18/16 WIDE 

Sam Worthington, Octavia 

Spencer 

Stuart Hazeldine NR Dra 

POWER RANGERS Fri, 3/24/17 WIDE Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott Dean Israelite NR Act/Adv/Fam 

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Fri, 6/9/17 WIDE Shailene Woodley, Theo James Robert Schwentke NR Act/Adv/SF 

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TRIPLE 9 Fri, 2/26/16 WIDE Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor John Hillcoat NR Cri/Thr Dolby Dig 

COLLIDE Fri, 4/1/16 WIDE Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones Eran Creevy PG-13 Act/Cri/Thr 

MOTHER’S DAY Fri, 4/29/16 WIDE Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston Garry Marshall NR Rom/Com 

SNOWDEN 

Fri, 5/13/16 WIDE 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene 

Woodley 

Oliver Stone NR Dra/Thr Dolby Dig 

MAX STEEL Fri, 8/26/16 WIDE Ben Winchell, Josh Brener Stewart Hendler NR Act/Adv/SF 


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ZOOLANDER 2 Fri, 2/12/16 WIDE Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson Ben Stiller NR Com Dolby Dig 

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Fri, 3/4/16 WIDE Tina Fey, Margot Robbie 

Glenn Ficarra, John 

Requa 

NR Com/War Dolby Dig 

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Fri, 3/11/16 WIDE 

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John 

Goodman 

Dan Trachtenberg NR Thr IMAX 

THE LITTLE PRINCE Fri, 3/18/16 LTD. Jeff Bridges, Mackenzie Foy Mark Osborne PG Ani/Fan/Fam 3D/Dolby Dig 

RINGS Fri, 4/1/16 WIDE Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe F. Javier Gutiérrez NR Hor 

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME Fri, 4/15/16 WIDE Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch Richard Linklater R Com/Sport Dolby Dig 

SAME KIND OF 

DIFFERENT AS ME 

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA 

TURTLES: OUT OF THE 

SHADOWS 

Fri, 4/29/16 WIDE Djimon Hounsou, Greg Kinnear Michael Carney NR Dra 

Fri, 6/3/16 WIDE Megan Fox, Stephen Amell Dave Green NR Act/Adv 3D 

STAR TREK BEYOND Fri, 7/22/16 WIDE Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto Justin Lin NR Act/Adv/SF 

BEN-HUR Fri, 8/12/16 WIDE Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell Timur Bekmambetov NR Dra 

JACK REACHER: 

NEVER GO BACK 

UNTITLED PITT / COTILLARD 

WWII FILM 

3D/IMAX/Dolby 

Atmos 

Fri, 10/21/16 WIDE Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders Edward Zwick NR Act/Cri/Thr Dolby Dig 

Wed, 11/23/16 WIDE Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard Robert Zemeckis NR Dra/Rom/Thr 

FRIDAY THE 13TH Fri, 1/13/17 WIDE NR Hor 

MONSTER TRUCKS Fri, 1/13/17 WIDE Jane Levy, Lucas Till Chris Wedge NR Ani/Adv/Fam 3D/Dolby Atmos 

BAYWATCH Fri, 5/19/17 WIDE Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron Seth Gordon NR Act/Com 

WORLD WAR Z 2 Fri, 6/9/17 WIDE Brad Pitt NR Act/Hor 

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THE DISAPPOINTMENTS 

Fri, 3/25/16 WIDE Kate Beckinsale, Lucas Till D.J. Caruso NR Hor/Thr 

ROOM 

BEFORE I WAKE Fri, 4/8/16 WIDE Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane Mike Flanagan PG-13 Hor/Thr 

KIDNAP Fri, 5/13/16 WIDE Halle Berry, Lew Temple Luis Prieto NR Act/Thr 

SOLACE 


Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean 

Morgan 

Afonso Poyart R Thr Dolby Dig 

MASTERMINDS Fri, 9/30/16 WIDE Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson Jared Hess PG-13 Com/Cri 

STRANGERS 2 Fri, 12/2/16 WIDE Marcel Langenegger NR Hor/Thr 

SONY 212-833-8500 

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 

AND ZOMBIES 

Fri, 2/5/16 WIDE Lily James, Sam Riley Burr Steers PG-13 Hor/Com/Rom Dolby Dig 

RISEN Fri, 2/19/16 WIDE Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton Kevin Reynolds PG-13 Act/Dra Dolby Dig 

THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY Fri, 3/11/16 WIDE Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong Louis Leterrier NR Com 

MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN Wed, 3/16/16 WIDE Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers Patricia Riggen PG Dra 

MONEY MONSTER Fri, 5/13/16 WIDE George Clooney, Jack O’Connell Jodie Foster NR Dra/Thr 

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE Fri, 5/20/16 WIDE Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D/Dolby Dig 

THE SHALLOWS Fri, 6/24/16 WIDE Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada Jaume Collet-Serra NR Thr 

GHOSTBUSTERS Fri, 7/15/16 WIDE Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig Paul Feig NR Com/Hor 3D/Dolby Dig 

SAUSAGE PARTY Fri, 8/12/16 WIDE Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill 

Greg Tiernan, Conrad 

Vernon 

NR Ani/Com 

UNTITLED ALVAREZ / RAIMI 

HORROR FILM 

Fri, 8/26/16 WIDE Dylan Minnette, Jane Levy Fede Alvarez NR Hor/Thr 

PATIENT ZERO Fri, 9/2/16 WIDE Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer Stefan Ruzowitzky NR Hor/Thr 

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS Fri, 9/16/16 WIDE Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall Jon Cassar NR Dra/Thr 

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Fri, 9/23/16 WIDE Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt Antoine Fuqua NR Wes/Act 

UNDERWORLD 5 Fri, 10/14/16 WIDE Kate Beckinsale, Theo James Anna Foerster NR Act/Hor 

INFERNO Fri, 10/28/16 WIDE Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones Ron Howard NR Thr 



BILLY LYNN’S LONG 

HALFTIME WALK 

Fri, 11/11/16 WIDE Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund Ang Lee NR Com/Dra/War 3D 

PASSENGERS Wed, 12/21/16 WIDE Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence Morten Tyldum NR SF/Adv/Rom 

THE DARK TOWER Fri, 1/13/17 WIDE Nikolaj Arcel NR Wes/Act/Fan 

RESIDENT EVIL: 

THE FINAL CHAPTER 

Fri, 1/27/17 WIDE Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter Paul W.S. Anderson NR Act/Hor 3D 

BAD BOYS 3 Fri, 2/17/17 WIDE NR Act/Thr 

BABY DRIVER Fri, 3/17/17 WIDE Lily James, Ansel Elgort Edgar Wright NR Act/Com/Cri 

GET SMURFY Fri, 3/31/17 WIDE Demi Lovato, Mandy Patinkin Kelly Asbury NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D 

BARBIE Fri, 6/2/17 WIDE NR Com 

UNCHARTED Fri, 6/30/17 WIDE NR Act/Adv 

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THE BRONZE Fri, 3/18/16 EXCL NY/LA Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole Bryan Buckley R Com 

I SAW THE LIGHT Fri, 3/25/16 LTD. Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen Marc Abraham R Dra 

MILES AHEAD 

Fri, 4/1/16 EXCL NY/LA 

Don Cheadle, Emayatzy 

Corinealdi 

Don Cheadle R Dra 

THE MEDDLER Fri, 4/22/16 EXCL NY/LA Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne Lorene Scafaria PG-13 Com/Dra 

DARK HORSE Fri, 5/6/16 EXCL NY/LA Louise Osmond PG Doc/Sport 

MAGGIE’S PLAN Fri, 5/20/16 EXCL NY/LA Greta Gerwig, Julianne Moore Rebecca Miller NR Rom/Com 

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DESIERTO 


Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean 

Morgan 

Jonás Cuarón NR Dra/Act/Thr 

HARDCORE HENRY Fri, 4/8/16 WIDE Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky Ilya Naishuller NR Act/SF 

FREE STATE OF JONES 

Fri, 5/13/16 WIDE 

Matthew McConaughey, Gugu 

Mbatha-Raw 

Gary Ross NR Act/Dra Dolby Dig 

THE SPACE BETWEEN US Fri, 7/29/16 WIDE Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson Peter Chelsom NR Adv/SF/Rom 

UNTITLED LUCAS & 

MOORE COMEDY 

UNTITLED CRAIG/BROOKS/ 

STEINFELD FILM 

Fri, 8/19/16 WIDE Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate Jon Lucas, Scott Moore NR Com 

Fri, 9/30/16 WIDE 

Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu 

Richardson 

Kelly Fremon Craig NR Com/Dra 

THE BYE BYE MAN Fri, 10/14/16 WIDE Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas Stacy Title NR Hor/Thr 

UNIVERSAL 818-777-1000 

HAIL, CAESAR! Fri, 2/5/16 WIDE Josh Brolin, George Clooney Joel Coen, Ethan Coen PG-13 Com Dolby Dig 

MY BIG FAT GREEK 

WEDDING 2 

Fri, 3/25/16 WIDE Nia Vardalos, John Corbett Kirk Jones PG-13 Rom/Com Dolby Dig 

THE BOSS Fri, 4/8/16 WIDE Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell Ben Falcone R Com Dolby Dig 

THE HUNTSMAN: 

WINTER’S WAR 

Fri, 4/22/16 WIDE Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron Cedric Nicolas-Troyan NR Adv/Fan Dolby Dig 

NEIGHBORS 2: 

SORORITY RISING 

Fri, 5/20/16 WIDE Seth Rogen, Zac Efron Nicholas Stoller NR Com 

TOP SECRET UNTITLED 

LONELY ISLAND MOVIE 


Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer 

Akiva Schaffer, Jorma 

Taccone 

WARCRAFT Fri, 6/10/16 WIDE Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton Duncan Jones PG-13 Act/Adv/Fan 

THE PURGE 3 Fri, 7/1/16 WIDE Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell James DeMonaco NR Hor/Thr/SF 

NR 

Com 

3D/IMAX/Dolby 

Atmos 

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS Fri, 7/8/16 WIDE Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet Chris Renaud NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D/Dolby Dig 

UNTITLED NEXT BOURNE 

CHAPTER 

SPECTRAL 

Fri, 7/29/16 WIDE Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander Paul Greengrass NR Act/Adv/Thr 

Fri, 8/12/16 WIDE 

James Badge Dale, Emily 

Mortimer 

Nic Mathieu NR Act/Thr 3D 

BRIDGET JONES’S BABY Fri, 9/16/16 WIDE Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth Sharon Maguire NR Rom/Com 

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Fri, 10/7/16 WIDE Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson Tate Taylor NR Thr 

KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW? Fri, 10/14/16 WIDE Kevin Hart Leslie Small NR Com/Con/Doc 


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OUIJA 2 Fri, 10/21/16 WIDE Annalise Basso, Henry Thomas Mike Flanagan NR Hor/Thr 

A MEYERS CHRISTMAS Fri, 11/11/16 WIDE Gabrielle Union, Danny Glover David E. Talbert NR Com 

THE GREAT WALL Wed, 11/23/16 WIDE Matt Damon, Andy Lau Zhang Yimou NR Act/Adv/Thr 3D 

LET IT SNOW Fri, 12/9/16 WIDE NR Rom/Com/Dra 

SING 

Wed, 12/21/16 WIDE 

Matthew McConaughey, Reese 

Witherspoon 

Garth Jennings NR Ani/Com/Fam 

MENA Fri, 1/6/17 WIDE Tom Cruise, Sarah Wright Doug Liman NR Cri/Thr 

SPLIT Fri, 1/20/17 WIDE James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy M. Night Shyamalan NR Hor/Thr 

FIFTY SHADES DARKER Fri, 2/10/17 WIDE Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan James Foley NR Dra/Rom 

FAST 8 Fri, 4/14/17 WIDE Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson F. Gary Gray NR Act/Cri IMAX 

THE MUMMY Fri, 6/9/17 WIDE Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella Alex Kurtzman NR Act/Adv 

DESPICABLE ME 3 Fri, 6/30/17 WIDE NR Ani/Com/Fam 

WARNER BROS. 818-977-1850 

HOW TO BE SINGLE Fri, 2/12/16 WIDE Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson Christian Ditter R Rom/Com Dolby Dig 

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Fri, 3/18/16 LTD. Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton Jeff Nichols PG-13 SF/Thr 

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: 

DAWN OF JUSTICE 

Fri, 3/25/16 WIDE Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck Zack Snyder PG-13 Act/Adv 

BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT Fri, 4/15/16 WIDE Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer Malcolm D. Lee PG-13 Com 

KEANU Fri, 4/29/16 WIDE Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele Peter Atencio NR Com 

GOING IN STYLE Fri, 5/6/16 WIDE Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine Zach Braff NR Com/Cri 

3D/IMAX/Dolby 

Atmos 

THE NICE GUYS Fri, 5/20/16 WIDE Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling Shane Black R Cri/Thr Dolby Dig 

ME BEFORE YOU Fri, 6/3/16 WIDE Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin Thea Sharrock PG-13 Dra/Rom 

THE CONJURING 2 Fri, 6/10/16 WIDE Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson James Wan NR Hor/Thr 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Fri, 6/17/16 WIDE Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart 

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 


Alexander Skarsgård, Margot 

Robbie 

Rawson Marshall 

Thurber 

NR Act/Com Dolby Dig 

David Yates NR Act/Adv 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

LIGHTS OUT Fri, 7/22/16 WIDE Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman David F. Sandberg PG-13 Hor 

SUICIDE SQUAD Fri, 8/5/16 WIDE Will Smith, Margot Robbie David Ayer NR Act/Adv 3D/IMAX 

ARMS & THE DUDES Fri, 8/19/16 WIDE Miles Teller, Jonah Hill Todd Phillips R Com/Dra 

SULLY Fri, 9/9/16 WIDE Tom Hanks, Laura Linney Clint Eastwood NR Dra 

STORKS Fri, 9/23/16 WIDE Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer 

Nicholas Stoller, Doug 

Sweetland 

THE ACCOUNTANT Fri, 10/7/16 WIDE Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick Gavin O’Connor R Act/Thr 

BASTARDS Fri, 11/4/16 WIDE Ed Helms, Owen Wilson Lawrence Sher NR Com 

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND 

WHERE TO FIND THEM 

CHICKEN SOUP 

FOR THE SOUL 

Fri, 11/18/16 WIDE 

Eddie Redmayne, Katherine 

Waterston 

NR Ani/Com/Fam 3D/Dolby Dig 

David Yates NR Adv/Fan 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

Fri, 12/16/16 WIDE NR Dra 

GEOSTORM Fri, 1/13/17 WIDE Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish Dean Devlin NR Act/Thr/SF 3D/IMAX 

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Fri, 2/10/17 WIDE Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis Chris McKay NR Ani/Adv/Fam 3D/IMAX 

KING ARTHUR 

Fri, 2/17/17 WIDE 

Charlie Hunnam, Astrid 

Bergès-Frisbey 

Guy Ritchie NR Act/Adv 3D/IMAX 

KONG: SKULL ISLAND Fri, 3/10/17 WIDE Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson Jordan Vogt-Roberts NR Act/Adv 3D/IMAX/Dolby Dig 

THE HOUSE Fri, 6/2/17 WIDE Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler Andrew J. Cohen NR Com 

WONDER WOMAN Fri, 6/23/17 WIDE Gal Gadot, Chris Pine Patty Jenkins NR Act/Adv 

WEINSTEIN CO./DIMENSION 646-862-3400 

REGRESSION Fri, 2/5/16 LTD. Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson Alejandro Amenábar R Thr Dolby Dig 

AMITYVILLE: 

THE AWAKENING 

Fri, 4/15/16 WIDE Bella Thorne, Jennifer Jason Leigh Franck Khalfoun R Hor/Thr 

THE FOUNDER Fri, 11/25/16 LTD. Michael Keaton, Laura Dern John Lee Hancock NR Dra Dolby Dig 


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